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Iron-based superconductors exhibit s-wave symmetry

(Phys.org) -- Condensed-matter physicists the world over are in hot pursuit of a comprehensive understanding of high-temperature superconductivity, not just for its technological benefits but for the clues ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 18, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Atomic-scale visualization of electron pairing in iron superconductors

(Phys.org) -- By measuring how strongly electrons are bound together to form Cooper pairs in an iron-based superconductor, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory, ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Superconducting strip could become an ultra-low-voltage sensor

Researchers studying a superconducting strip observed an intermittent motion of magnetic flux which carries vortices inside the regularly spaced weak conducting regions carved into the superconducting material. These vortices ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

X-ray laser uncovers secrets of complex oxide material

(Phys.org) -- An international team of researchers has used SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) to discover never-before-seen behavior by electrons in complex materials with extraordinary properties.

Physics / Condensed Matter

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Physicist awarded prestigious John Bardeen Prize

James A. Sauls, professor of physics and astronomy in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, has been awarded the 2012 John Bardeen Prize for his contributions to the theory of unconventional ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Simulating strongly correlated fermions opens the door to practical superconductor applications

Combining known factors in a new way, theoretical physicists Boris Svistunov and Nikolai Prokof'ev at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with three alumni of their group, have solved an intractable 50-year-old ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 18, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Researchers find possible evidence of Majorana fermions

(Phys.org) -- Researchers working out of Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands have constructed a device that appears to offer some evidence of the existence of Majorana fermions; the elusive particles ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (25) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Physicists control quantum tunneling with light for the first time

Scientists at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge have used light to help push electrons through a classically impenetrable barrier. While quantum tunnelling is at the heart of the peculiar wave nature of particles, this ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 05, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (15) | comments 11 | with audio podcast

Ultrafast laser pulses shed light on elusive superconducting mechanism

An international team that includes University of British Columbia physicists has used ultra-fast laser pulses to identify the microscopic interactions that drive high-temperature superconductivity.

Physics / Superconductivity

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Third research team close to creating Majorana fermion

(PhysOrg.com) -- Recently there has been a virtual explosion of research efforts aimed at creating the elusive Majorana fermion with different groups claiming to be near to creating them. First there was news that a team ...

Physics / General Physics

created Mar 16, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (16) | comments 7 | with audio podcast report

New National Synchrotron Light Source II construction more than 70 percent complete

(Phys.org) -- Construction of the $912-million National Synchrotron Light Source II (NSLS-II) at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory is more than 70 percent complete – ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 27, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Physicists benchmark quantum simulator with hundreds of qubits

Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology have built a quantum simulator that can engineer interactions among hundreds of quantum bits (qubits) -- 10 times more than previous devices. ...

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Physicists show standard 'quasiparticle' theory breaks down at 'quantum critical point'

A new study this week finds that "quantum critical points" in exotic electronic materials can act much like polarizing "hot button issues" in an election. Reporting in Nature, researchers from Rice Univer ...

Physics / General Physics

created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Improving on the amazing: Scientists seek new conductors for metamaterials

(Phys.org) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory have designed a method to evaluate different conductors for use in metamaterial structures, which are engineered to exhibit ...

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Long predicted but never observed: A new kind of quantum junction

A new type of quantum bit called a "phase-slip qubit", devised by researchers at the RIKEN Advanced Science Institute and their collaborators, has enabled the world's first-ever experimental demonstration ...

Physics / Superconductivity

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (12) | comments 3 | with audio podcast