Science Made Simple: What Is Superconductivity?
At what most people think of as “normal” temperatures, all materials have some amount of electrical resistance. This means they resist the flow of electricity…
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Making 3D Superconducting Nanostructures With DNA
Complex 3D nanoscale architectures based on DNA self-assembly can conduct electricity without resistance and may provide a platform for fabricating quantum computing and sensing devices…
New Kind of Superconductivity Discovered: Researchers Demonstrate a Superconductor Previously Thought Impossible
Superconductivity is a phenomenon where an electric circuit loses its resistance and becomes extremely efficient under certain conditions. There are different ways in which this…
Diamonds Are a Quantum Scientist’s Best Friend: Discovery May Revolutionize the High-Tech Industry
The discovery of triplet spin superconductivity in diamonds has the potential to revolutionize the high-tech industry. Diamonds have a firm foothold in our lexicon. Their…
Perfect Energy Efficiency: Quantum Engines With Entanglement as Fuel?
University of Rochester researcher receives $1 million grant to study quantum thermodynamics. It’s still more science fiction than science fact, but perfect energy efficiency may…
Stanford Physicist’s Decades-Long Quest for the Perfect Keys to Unlock the Mysteries of Superconductivity
For decades Z-X Shen has ridden a wave of curiosity about the strange behavior of electrons that can levitate magnets. Zhi-Xun Shen vividly remembers his…
Surprising Discovery Brings Scientists a Step Closer to Room Temperature Superconductivity
The possibility of achieving room temperature superconductivity took a tiny step forward with a recent discovery by a team of Penn State physicists and materials…
Higher-Order Topology Found in 2D Crystal – “A Variety of Exciting Physics to Be Explored”
Over the last decade, the field of condensed matter physics has experienced a golden age with the discovery of new materials and properties, and related…
Dirac Electrons Come Back to Life in Magic-Angle Graphene – Unusual Breaking of Symmetry
A new symmetry-broken parent state discovered in twisted bilayer graphene. In 2018 it was discovered that two layers of graphene twisted one with respect to…
Pathbreaking Platform for Quantum Simulation: A Metal-Like Quantum Gas
Electronic properties of condensed matter are often determined by an intricate competition between kinetic energy that aims to overlap and delocalize electronic wave functions across…
Controlling Two-Dimensional Superconductors With Terahertz Light
New theoretical study shows how to use Terahertz light to peep in the secrets of two-dimensional superconductors A researcher at the Center for Theoretical Physics…
Counterintuitive Superconductivity and Quantum Computing Breakthrough: Using Pressure to Make Liquid Magnetism
Using two flat-top diamonds and a lot of pressure, scientists have forced a magnetic crystal into a spin liquid state, which may lead to insights…
A Discovery That Long Eluded Physicists: Superconductivity to the Edge
Princeton researchers detect a supercurrent — a current flowing without energy loss — at the edge of a superconductor with a topological twist. A discovery…
The Nickel Age of Superconductivity: It’s Hydrogen’s Fault
Nickel is supposed to herald a new age of superconductivity – but this is proving more difficult than expected. Scientists at TU Wien (Vienna) can…
New Li-Ion Superconductor Enables Safe, High-Performance All-Solid-State Batteries
A fast Li-ion conducting solid electrolyte material comparable to the liquid electrolytes used in typical batteries. An innovative synthesis developed for a Li-ion superconductor without…
Existence of Exotic Particles – Sought for Decades – Evidenced In Newly-Discovered Superconductor
Material may be natural home to quasiparticle hiding for decades. Particle chasing—it’s a game that so many physicists play. Sometimes the hunt takes place inside…
Superconductivity Discovered in Meteorites – Could Be Superconducting in Extraterrestrial Environments
Scientists at UC San Diego and Brookhaven Laboratory in New York went searching for superconducting materials where researchers have had little luck before. Setting their…
Tapping Graphene’s Hidden Potential for the Advancement of Quantum Information Science
Berkeley Lab scientists tap into graphene’s hidden talent as an electrically tunable superconductor, insulator, and magnetic device for the advancement of quantum information science. Ever…