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…
Superconductivity
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…
Quantum Computing Breakthrough: Energy Quantization in Superconducting Nanowires
Physicists demonstrate energy quantization in high-temperature superconductors. The development of a quantum computer that can solve problems, which classical computers can only solve with great…
To Understand High-Temperature Superconductivity, Scientists Make It Disappear
Scientists have collected evidence suggesting that a purely electronic mechanism causes copper-oxygen compounds to conduct electricity without resistance at temperatures well above absolute zero. When…
Room Temperature Superconductor Breakthrough at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Closely Spaced Hydrogen Atoms Could Facilitate Superconductivity in Ambient Conditions An international team of researchers has discovered the hydrogen atoms in a metal hydride material…
New Zoo of Previously Unobserved States in Twisted Bi-Layer Graphene
A Plethora of States in Magic-Angle Graphene A team of ICFO researchers used twisted bi-layer graphene to unveil a new zoo of previously unobserved states,…
New Laser Quantum Imager Lives Its Life a Trillionth of a Second at a Time
Technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the absence of resistance, or superconductivity. For the first…
Probing the Relationship Between ‘Strange Metals’ and High-Temperature Superconductors
Computer simulations yield a much more accurate picture of these states of matter. Strange metals make interesting bedfellows for a phenomenon known as high-temperature superconductivity,…
Ultra High Temperature Superfluidity in Ultra Cold Atomic Gases via Mixed Dimensions
A new study proposed a scheme to achieve ultrahigh reduced transition temperature, up to Tc/TF ~ 1, in two-component atomic Fermi gases, a system that…
Surprising Quantum Effect Discovered in an Exotic Superconductor
Study explores how superconductivity forms in iron-based materials. An international team led by researchers at Princeton University has directly observed a surprising quantum effect in…