UW-Madison scientists plan to build a plasma dynamo to explore magnetic fields.
To be constructed over three years, with the help of $2.4 million in stimulus funding from the National Science Foundation, UW-Madisonâ??s Plasma Dynamo Facility will allow scientists to explore the self-generation of magnetic fields.
The first of its kind in the world, the facility will be located in Sterling Hall, and it will contain the same kind of plasmas observed in space.