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The latest result published in a March 28 Nature article boosts confidence that Majorana quasiparticles exist and might be used to build a quantum computer.
January 8, 2018 (HP128, STH624). Superconducting magnets are widely used in MRI machines in hospitals, and in scientific equipment such as NMR spectrometers, mass spectrometers, fusion reactors and particle accelerators.
IEEE recognizes the industrial innovations made possible by the design and construction of superconducting magnets for the Tevatron collider.
All of the following IEEE Senior Members were elevated by the Council on Superconductivity:
The Council on Superconductivity is pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Kenichi Sato of Japan Science and Technology Agency to receive the IEEE Max Swerdlow Award for Sustained Service to the Applied Superconductivity Community.
March 30, 2017 (A390). Cryogenic Engineering Conference and the International Cryogenic Materials Conference 2017 (CEC-ICMC 2017), July 09 – 13, 2017, Madison, USA.
March 22, 2017 (A389). We announce the biannual 9th German National Seminar on superconductivity for power grid traditionally called the "Braunschweig Seminar". It will be held on June 20th and 21st, 2017, at the "Haus der Kulturen Braunschweig e.V.” (Am Nordbahnhof 1, 38106 Braunschweig). The information flyer (including the program) is accessible here.
March 16, 2017 (A388). The International FLUXONICS Workshop on Superconducting Quantum Technology will be held in Freyburg, Germany, from June 18th to 21st, 2017. This workshop is a satellite to the ISEC 2017 in Sorrento and includes the biennial FLUXONICS RSFQ Design Workshop.
March 15, 2017 (A387). In 2017, the ESAS Summer School on Superconductivity will be held from June 25th to 30th at Lans-en-Vercors, France, close to Grenoble. In addition to ESAS, this school is supported by IEEE CSC and AFF-CCS (kind of a French ESAS).
March 15, 2017 (A386). The European Society for Applied Superconductivity (ESAS) seeks nominations for the ESAS AWARD 2017, which will be awarded at the European Conference on Applied Superconductivity (EUCAS) 2017 in Geneva. The prestigious Award will be bestowed to colleagues to "recognise excellence in advancing the knowledge of applied superconductivity over the past five years".