Last update:

Physicists move one step closer to topological quantum computing

A team of experimental physicists led by the University of Cologne have shown that it is possible to create superconducting effects in special materials known for their unique edge-only electrical properties. This discovery ...

Improving Maglev performance with machine learning

For centuries, the transport sector has been one of the biggest contributors to global carbon emissions. To address the problem, many research groups are now actively exploring how technology can help transport systems to ...

More news

Superconductivity
Coupling quantum mechanical simulations and AI paves way for screening new superconductors
Superconductivity
Utilizing scanning SQUID microscopy to investigate local magnetic response of Bi2212
General Physics
First Nb₃Sn superconducting radio-frequency electron accelerator achieves stable acceleration
Superconductivity
Quantum breakthrough sheds light on perplexing high-temperature superconductors
Superconductivity
Ultrasound experiment identifies new superconductor
Condensed Matter
Alternating triangular charge density wave domains observed within a layered superconducting compound
Condensed Matter
New study reveals phonon properties of β-MoB₂ single crystal
Condensed Matter
Hydride research pushes frontiers of practical, accessible superconductivity
Condensed Matter
Enhanced superconductivity in monolayer FeSe films on SrTiO₃(001) via metallic δ-doping
Superconductivity
Scientists develop novel one-dimensional superconductor
Superconductivity
Scientists tune the entanglement structure in an array of qubits
Condensed Matter
Spintronics: A new path to room temperature swirling spin textures
Superconductivity
The spontaneous emergence of 1D superconducting stripes at a 2D interface in an oxide heterostructure
Superconductivity
Researchers create stable superconductor enhanced by magnetism
Superconductivity
Putting a new spin on 1T phase tantalum disulfide: Scientists uncover a hidden electronic state
Superconductivity
Discovery of a hidden quantum critical point in two-dimensional superconductors
Condensed Matter
Researchers discover new yttrium-hydrogen compounds with implications for high-pressure superconductivity
Superconductivity
Scientists reveal the first unconventional superconductor that can be found in mineral form in nature
Superconductivity
Quantum-mechanical 'molecules' spotted in superconducting devices
Superconductivity
Giving particle detectors a boost: New device acts like a superconductivity switch

Other news

Archaeology
'Screaming Woman' mummy may have died in agony 3,500 years ago
Archaeology
Medieval French diets discovered through isotope analysis reveal social and religious influences
General Physics
Physicists report new insights into exotic particles key to magnetism
Polymers
A Band-Aid for the heart? New 3D printing method makes this, and much more, possible
General Physics
A higher-dimensional model can help explain cosmic acceleration without dark energy
Astronomy
TIC 441725813 is a hybrid pulsating subdwarf star, study finds
Earth Sciences
Retreating Andean rocks signal the world's glaciers are melting far faster than predicted, report scientists
Plants & Animals
Researchers uncover 500 million-year-old mollusk ancestor
Earth Sciences
Study shows link between asymmetric polar ice sheet evolution and global climate
Optics & Photonics
Microscopy breakthrough promises better imaging for sensitive materials
Molecular & Computational biology
Plant biologists discover an ancient gene family is responsible for plant prickles across species
Molecular & Computational biology
When it comes to DNA replication, humans and baker's yeast are more alike than different, scientists discover
Astronomy
Astronomers use AI to find elusive stars 'gobbling up' planets
Biotechnology
New DNA analysis helps bust 200-year-old royal conspiracy theory
Materials Science
Health-threat 'forever chemicals' removed from water with 3D-printed ceramic ink
Astronomy
JWST imagery shows light from one of the earliest galaxies is due to continuing bursts from star formations
Evolution
Demographics of north African human populations unraveled using genomic data and artificial intelligence
Materials Science
Chemical and transportation industries could get a boost with new catalyst coating
Cell & Microbiology
Blowflies found to carry bird flu virus
Ecology
Warming stops tiny organisms working together, scientists discover

Physicists explore superconductivity at the two-dimensional limit

Researchers at the University of Valencia show that the superconducting state can be maintained even when the material is reduced from three to two dimensions, making the efficiency gains needed for technologies like frictionless ...

Quantum filter has 20,000 Josephson junctions

(Phys.org)—A team of researchers at CSIRO Manufacturing, in Australia has created several test quantum filters with arrays having as many as 20,000 Josephson junctions. In their paper published in Superconductor Science ...

Elusive state of superconducting matter discovered after 50 years

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, Cornell University, and collaborators have produced the first direct evidence of a state of electronic matter first predicted by theorists in 1964. ...

Physicists discover flaws in superconductor theory

University of Houston physicists report finding major theoretical flaws in the generally accepted understanding of how a superconductor traps and holds a magnetic field. More than 50 years ago, C.P. Bean, a scientist at General ...

Scientists measure energetic gaps in iron-based superconductors

Scientists from the Faculty of Physics of the Lomonosov Moscow State University conducted a study evaluating the appearance of the superconducting state in iron-based superconductors with two energetic gaps. The report on ...

Superconductivity seen in a new light

Superconducting materials have the characteristic of letting an electric current flow without resistance. The study of superconductors with a high critical temperature discovered in the 1980s remains a very attractive research ...

Quantum effects at work in the world's smelliest superconductor

The quantum behaviour of hydrogen affects the structural properties of hydrogen-rich compounds, which are possible candidates for the elusive room temperature superconductor, according to new research co-authored at the University ...