Editorial Introduction to Issue No. 19

REVIEWS (from Superconductivity Centennial Conference, SCC)

The Large Hadron Collider Project and Superconductivity
Tejinder S. Virdee

Materials Process and Applications of Single Grain (RE)-Ba-Cu-O Bulk High-temperature Superconductors
Beizhan Li, Difan Zhou, Kun Xu, Shogo Hara, Keita Tsuzuki, Motohiro Miki, Brice Felder, Zigang Deng and Mitsuru Izumi

REGIONAL NEWS, HISTORY

Intermagnetics Remembered: from Superconductor-Based GE Spin-Off to Billion Dollar Valuation
Carl H. Rosner, Former CEO & Chairman Emeritus

Development of Superconducting Magnets for High-field MR Systems in China
Zanming Wang,, Johannes M. van Oort, Mark X. Zou

Upper Critical Fields and Critical Current Densities of Fe-based Superconductors as Compared to Those of Other Technical Superconductors
I.Pallecchi, M.Tropeano, G.Lamura, M.Pani, M.Palombo,
A.Palenzona, M.Putti

Nucleation and Mesostrain Influence on Percolating Critical Currents of Solution Derived YBa₂Cu₃O₇ Superconducting Thin Films
X.Obradors, F. Martínez-Julián, K. Zalamova, V.R. Vlad, A.Pomar, A. Palau, A. Llordés, H. Chen, M. Coll, S. Ricart, N. Mestres, X. Granados, T. Puig,
M. Rike

First Russian Long Length HTS Power Cable
Eduard P. Volkov, Vitaly S. Vysotsky, Valery P. Firsov

Test Results from Siemens Low-Speed, High-Torque HTS Machine and
Description of further Steps towards Commercialization of HTS Machines
Wolfgang Nick, Joern Grundmann, Joachim Frauenhofer

SQUID-based Systems for Co-registration of Ultra-Low Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Images and Magnetoencephalography
Andrei N. Matlashov, Evgeny Burmistrov, Per E. Magnelind, Larry Schultz, Algis V. Urbaitis, Petr L. Volegov, Jacob Yoder, and Michelle A. Espy

ST286
(4AO-01)

Limits to high field magnets for particle accelerators
E. Todesco, P. Ferracin

Advanced Accelerator Magnets for Upgrading the LHC
Luca Bottura, Gijs de Rijk, Lucio Rossi, Ezio Todesco

The ITER Magnets: Design and Construction Status
N. Mitchell, A. Devred, P. Libeyre, B. Lim, F. Savary and the ITER Magnet Division

Status of the F4E Procurement of the EU ITER TF Coils
E. Barbero Soto, B. Bellesia, A. Bonito Oliva, E. Boter, J. Buskop, J. Caballero, M. Cornelis; J. Cornella, S. Galvan ; M. Losasso; L. Poncet, R. Harrison, S. Heikkinen, H. Rajainmaki; P.Testoni and A. Verpont

maXs: Microcalorimeter Arrays forHigh-Resolution
X-ray Spectroscopy atGSI/FAIR
C. Pies; S. Schäfer· S. Heuser, S. Kempf, A. Pabinger, J.-P. Porsta,
P. Ranitsch, N. Foerster, D. Hengstler, A. Kampkötter, L. Gastaldo, T. Wolf,
A. Fleischmann, C. Enss