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discovered 01.13 COLLABORATION WWW.Hzdr.DE // EU project EMFL unites the strengths of the top three European high magnetic field labs. _TEXT . Sara Schmiedel Hand in hand in materials research STRONG PARTNERS: Radboud University Nijmegen houses one of Europe's top three most important and largest high field labs. International users are able to rely on experienced and motivated staff like Hans Engelkamp. Photo: Dick van Aalst Generating high magnetic fields in the lab is anything but simple. Since, however, they are ideally suited for looking inside materials and to study their fundamental properties, high magnetic fields are a popular and important scientific tool. Worldwide, there are just a handful of institutes that have dedicated themselves to the generation of high magnetic fields and that make these fields available to international researchers for their experiments. The high-field lab in The Netherlands at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Laboratoire National des Champs Magnétiques Intenses with sites in Grenoble and Toulouse, and the Dresden High Magnetic Field Laboratory (HLD) are the three most important and biggest labs of their kind in Europe. Now, they are well on their way to become united as the European Magnetic Field Laboratory, or EMFL. More than ten years of European collaborations are proof of the well-established strong links between the three labs. Much has been achieved already: A common selection committee meets regularly to rank the magnet-time applications. There is an active exchange of scientists and expertise, a joint yearly prize for outstanding scientists, and

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