The EMFL has developed transportable pulsed magnets and generators allowing fields of up to 40 Tesla to be combined with large neutron, X-ray, or laser sources impacting fundamental science programmes across disciplines. Neutron and synchrotron experiments in pulsed fields allow researchers to reveal the microscopic properties of matter; they are conducted jointly between the EMFL and a number of large facilities that are leaders in their field. Both in Dresden and Nijmegen the adjacent THz radiation facilities ELBE and FELIX Laboratory are connected to the high field magnets and offer combined experiments.

Magnetic fields can help defeat cancer as they are used to trace tumours or to do nanodrug delivery, in combination with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI). EMFL researchers also develop a compact and inexpensive beam delivery alternative for proton beam therapy. EMFL supports applied research for forming, joining, and welding metals by using the large compressive forces produced by very short and intense energy-efficient magnetic-field pulse technology with many extra benefits for economy and environment. Magnetic fields can help scientists reveal the hidden physical properties of neodymium-like or other brand new magnetic materials that can be used to create smaller, more efficient electric motors. EMFL supports the application of high-temperature superconductivity to energy storage and transport, and into developing magnetic levitation and was involved in preliminary measurements demonstrating the enormous technological potential of graphene.