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AnonTechie [soylentnews.org] writes:

Magnetic Attraction: Physicists Pay Homage to the SQUID at 50:

From humble beginnings in a series of accidental discoveries, SQUIDs have invaded and enhanced many areas of science and medicine, thanks, in part, to the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). SQUIDs — short for superconducting quantum interference devices — are the world's most sensitive magnetometers and powerful signal amplifiers, with broad applications ranging from medicine and mining to cosmology and materials analysis. Physicists from around the world celebrated last week to mark the 50th anniversary of the first journal paper introducing the SQUID, published in February 1964.

http://www.nist.gov/pml/div686/squid-031114.cfm [nist.gov]

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