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==== National High Magnetic Field Laboratory ====
The National High Magnetic Field Laboratory (NHMFL) or "Mag Lab" at Florida State develops and operates high magnetic field facilities that scientists use for research in physics, biology, bioengineering, chemistry, geochemistry, biochemistry, materials science, and engineering. It is a unique facility in the United States and one of only nine worldwide. Significant records have been set at the Mag Lab to date. The Magnetic Field Laboratory is a 440,000 sq. ft (40,877 square meter) complex employing 715 faculty, staff, graduate, and postdoctoral students. This facility is the largest and highest powered laboratory of its kind in the world.
===== MIT Contest of lab award =====
In 1990 the National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded Florida State University the right to host the new National High Magnetic Field Laboratory. Rather than improve the existing Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory controlled by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) …
