The National Research Council's Committee to Assess the Current Status and Future Direction of High Magnetic Field Science in the US was convened in response to a request by the National Science Foundation. This volume reports on the current state of high-field magnetic science, engineering, and technology in the US; current science drivers and future scientific opportunities and challenges; and existing and planned high magnetic field facilities outside of the US, the role of US efforts in developing them, and opportunities for future international collaboration. It discusses magnets and magnetic fields, the importance of strong magnetic fields, magnets for high magnetic fields, and facilities and stewardship issues; the role of high magnetic fields in condensed matter and materials physics; their use for nuclear magnetic resonance, electron paramagnetic resonance, and ICR in chemistry, biochemistry, and biology; advantages in using higher magnetic fields for magnetic resonance imaging and magnetic resonance spectroscopy for medical research and the development of a 20 T magnet for this purpose; the use of high magnetic fields in accelerator-based high-energy physics experiments and confined-plasma controlled fusion projects; the proposed development of compact superconducting cyclotrons for radiotherapy using charged particles and the use of higher magnetic fields in astrophysical particle detectors; combining high magnetic fields with scattering and optical probes; and technology challenges. It also offers recommendations for future research and technology development. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com) Read Less