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A new traveling-wave Josephson amplifier with built-in reverse isolation
Traveling-wave parametric amplifiers (TWPAs) are electronic devices that boost weak microwave signals (i.e., electromagnetic waves with frequencies typically ranging between 1 and 100 GHz). Recently, many engineers have been ...
Calibrating qubit charge to make quantum computers even more reliable
Quantum computers will be able to assume highly complex tasks in the future. With superconducting quantum processors, however, it has thus far been difficult to read out experimental results because measurements can cause ...
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Dec 1, 2025
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Corral technique measures fragile quantum states in magnet-superconductor hybrids from afar
Hybrid materials made of magnets and superconductors give rise to fascinating quantum phenomena, which are so sensitive that it is crucial to measure them with minimal interference. Researchers at the University of Hamburg ...
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Nov 26, 2025
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Anomalous electronic state opens pathway to room-temperature superconductivity
Superconductive materials can conduct electricity with no resistance, but typically only at very low temperatures. Realizing superconductivity at room temperature could enable advanced, energy-efficient electronics and other ...
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Nov 25, 2025
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Surface-only superconductor is the strangest of its kind
Something strange goes on inside the material platinum-bismuth-two (PtBi₂). A new study by researchers at IFW Dresden and the Cluster of Excellence ct.qmat demonstrates that while PtBi₂ may look like a typical shiny gray ...
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Nov 19, 2025
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New cable design mitigates flaws in superconducting wires
When current flows through a wire, it doesn't always have a perfect path. Tiny defects within the wire mean current must travel a more circuitous route, a problem for engineers and manufacturers seeking reliable equipment.
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Nov 18, 2025
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Charge carrier pairs in cuprate compounds shed light on high-temperature superconductivity
High-temperature superconductivity is still not fully understood. Now, an international research team at BESSY II has measured the energy of charge carrier pairs in undoped La₂CuO₄. Their findings revealed that the interaction ...
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Nov 7, 2025
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Physicists observe key evidence of unconventional superconductivity in magic-angle graphene
Superconductors are like the express trains in a metro system. Any electricity that "boards" a superconducting material can zip through it without stopping and losing energy along the way. As such, superconductors are extremely ...
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Nov 6, 2025
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How quantum computers can aid the search for room-temperature superconductors
For the first time, a quantum computer has successfully measured pairing correlations (quantum signals that show electrons teaming up in pairs), which is essential to helping scientists find one of the holy grails of physics—superconductors ...
Asymmetric stress engineering advances current-carrying performance of iron-based superconducting wires
A collaborative research team led by Prof. Ma Yanwei from the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), has shattered records in the current-carrying performance of iron-based superconducting ...
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Nov 5, 2025
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Superconducting qubit that lasts for over 1 millisecond is primed for industrial scaling
In a major step toward practical quantum computers, Princeton engineers have built a superconducting qubit that lasts three times longer than today's best versions.
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Nov 5, 2025
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Research confirms Meissner effect in high-pressure nickelate superconductor
A research team led by Prof. Liu Xiaodi from the Hefei Institute of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, together with researchers from Jilin University and Sun Yat-sen University, has achieved simultaneous ...
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Oct 30, 2025
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Scientists create new type of semiconductor that holds superconducting promise
Scientists have long sought to make semiconductors—vital components in computer chips and solar cells—that are also superconducting, thereby enhancing their speed and energy efficiency and enabling new quantum technologies. ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 30, 2025
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Controlled atomic defects in nickelate films narrow down explanations of superconductivity emergence
An international team led by researchers at MPI-CPfS used irradiation with extremely high-energy electrons to controllably introduce atomic defects in superconducting nickelate thin films. Their systematic investigation recently ...
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Oct 24, 2025
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Anomalous metal sheds light on 'impossible' state between superconductivity and insulation
Researchers at the Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, steered very thin conductors from superconductivity to insulation—creating an "impossible," strange state between the two mutually exclusive states.
Condensed Matter
Oct 14, 2025
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Superconductivity distorts crystal lattice of topological quantum materials
Superconductors (materials that conduct electricity without resistance) have fascinated physicists for more than a century. While conventional superconductors are well understood, a new class of materials known as topological ...
Condensed Matter
Oct 9, 2025
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Researchers demonstrate substrate design principles for scalable superconducting quantum materials
Silicides—alloys of silicon and metals long used in microelectronics—are now being explored again for quantum hardware. But their use faces a critical challenge: achieving phase purity, since some silicide phases are ...
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Oct 3, 2025
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Twisted graphene reveals double-dome superconductivity controlled by electric field
Superconductivity is a phenomenon where certain materials can conduct electricity with zero resistance. Obviously, this has enormous technological advantages, which makes superconductivity one of the most intensely researched ...
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Oct 1, 2025
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Physicists nearly double speed of superconducting qubit readout in quantum computers
RIKEN physicists have found a way to speed up the readout of qubits in superconducting quantum computers, which should help to make them faster and more reliable.
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Sep 24, 2025
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Single device amplifies signals while shielding qubits from unwanted noise
Quantum computing, an approach to deriving information that leverages quantum mechanical effects, relies on qubits, quantum units of information that can exist in superpositions of states. To effectively perform quantum computing, ...
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