<p>In 2006, after more than two decades at the University of Wisconsin in Madison, Larbalestier agreed to move the Applied Superconductivity Center to FSU, where it would work as a new division of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory.
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FSU speedily made major renovations to the Frank Shaw Building across the street from the magnet lab to house all the tools, equipment and apparatus Larbalestier and his team of researchers brought from Wisconsin. After a few months of downtime, they are back to making progress on unlocking the secrets of superconductivity, which can lead to much greater efficiency in the flow of electrical current, resulting in faster computers and more efficient MRIs, to name just a few of the advances possible with these new materials.</p>
<p>Its a wonderful challenge because the materials themselves are very complicated, Larbalestier said. They require discovery, synthesis, analysis. You have to understand where every atom goes. You need wonderful techniques of fabrication. You need very secure theoretical understanding, which we have here in the center. They require microscopy of the highest order, which again we have here in the center, and we are very pleased that FSU has made a major investment in our personnel and facilities.</p>
<p>The International Cryogenic Materials Conference is one of the worlds top organizing bodies for researchers working with cryogenic magnetic materials, structural materials, non-metallic materials, materials testing, mechanical properties of materials used in cryogenic applications, and low-, intermediate- and high-temperature superconductors.</p>
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