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Room-temperature superconductors: Fundamental constants suggest they could exist within our universe
In a new development that could help redefine the future of technology, a team of physicists has uncovered a fundamental insight into the upper limit of superconducting temperature.
Condensed Matter
Mar 5, 2025
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Will neutrons compromise the operation of superconducting magnets in a fusion plant?
High-temperature superconducting magnets made from REBCO, an acronym for rare-earth barium copper oxide, make it possible to create an intense magnetic field that can confine the extremely hot plasma needed for fusion reactions, ...
Superconductivity
Feb 28, 2025
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Atomically thin NbSe₂ demonstrates resilient superconducting fluctuations
Superconductivity is an intriguing property observed in some materials, which entails the ability to conduct electric current combined with an electrical resistance of zero at low temperatures. Physicists have observed this ...
Searching for a universal principle for unconventional superconductivity
You may recognize graphite as the "lead" in a pencil, but besides helping you take notes or fill in countless bubbles on exam answer sheets, it is helping scientists grapple with the secrets of superconductivity.
Superconductivity
Feb 24, 2025
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Nickel superconductor works above -233°C threshold at normal pressure
A team of engineers and physicists at Southern University of Science and Technology, in China, has created a nickel-based material that behaves as a superconductor above the -233°C (40 K) threshold under ambient pressure. ...
Two distinct superconducting states found in Bernal bilayer graphene challenge current models
Superconductivity is a widely sought after material property, which entails an electrical resistance of zero below a specific critical temperature. So far, it has been observed in various materials, including recently in ...
Unlocking the secrets of superconductors: New insights into key structure-property connections in cuprates
When superconductors were discovered in 1911, they astounded researchers with their ability to conduct electricity with no resistance. However, they could only do so at temperatures close to absolute zero. But in 1986, scientists ...
Superconductivity
Feb 19, 2025
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Nanoscale technique uses atomic vibrations to show how quantum materials behave at interfaces
Scientists are racing to develop new materials for quantum technologies in computing and sensing for ultraprecise measurements. For these future technologies to transition from the laboratory to real-world applications, a ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 18, 2025
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Light from artificial atoms: Advancing quantum systems with superconducting circuits
Many objects that we normally deal with in quantum physics are only visible with special microscopes—individual molecules or atoms, for example. However, the quantum objects that Elena Redchenko works with at the Institute ...
Superconductivity
Feb 18, 2025
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Pressure-driven phase transition induces simultaneous negative photoconductivity and superconductivity
A research team led by Prof. Wang Xianlong and Dr. Wang Pei from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has discovered a concurrent negative photoconductivity (NPC) and superconductivity ...
Condensed Matter
Feb 17, 2025
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Physicists stabilize superconducting states at ambient pressure
Researchers at the University of Houston's Texas Center for Superconductivity have achieved another first in their quest toward ambient-pressure high-temperature superconductivity, bringing us one step closer to finding superconductors ...
Superconductivity
Feb 10, 2025
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Theoretical analysis broadens the search for topological superconductivity
Exotic superconducting states could exist in a wider range of materials than previously thought, according to a theoretical study by two RIKEN researchers published in Physical Review B.
Superconductivity
Feb 10, 2025
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Promising new class of high-temperature superconductors achieves stability at room pressure
Researchers have made a significant step in the study of a new class of high-temperature superconductors: creating superconductors that work at room pressure. That advance lays the groundwork for deeper exploration of these ...
Superconductivity
Feb 5, 2025
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Physicists measure a key aspect of superconductivity in 'magic-angle' graphene
Superconducting materials are similar to the carpool lane in a congested interstate. Like commuters who ride together, electrons that pair up can bypass the regular traffic, moving through the material with zero friction.
Superconductivity
Feb 5, 2025
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Spinning or not spinning? Experts discuss controversies of Sr₂RuO₄'s unusual superconductivity
Superconductors can carry electricity without losing energy, a superpower that makes them invaluable for a range of sought-after applications, from maglev trains to quantum computers. Generally, this comes at the price of ...
Superconductivity
Feb 3, 2025
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Student project discovers superconductor with hallmark of unconventional superconductivity
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered a new superconducting material. They combined iron, nickel, and zirconium, to create a new transition metal zirconide with different ratios of iron to nickel. ...
Superconductivity
Jan 20, 2025
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Peeling back the layers: Exploring capping effects on nickelate superconductivity
So-called "infinite-layer" nickelate materials, characterized by their unique crystal and electronic structures, exhibit significant potential as high-temperature superconductors. Studying these materials remains challenging ...
Condensed Matter
Jan 17, 2025
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Relativistic spin-orbit coupling may lead to unconventional superconductivity type
Observing the effects of special relativity doesn't necessarily require objects moving at a significant fraction of the speed of light. In fact, length contraction in special relativity explains how electromagnets work. A ...
Fast control methods enable record-setting fidelity in superconducting qubit
Quantum computing promises to solve complex problems exponentially faster than a classical computer, by using the principles of quantum mechanics to encode and manipulate information in quantum bits (qubits).
Superconductivity
Jan 14, 2025
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Neutron star measurements place limits on color superconductivity in dense quark matter
At extremely high densities, quarks are expected to form pairs, as electrons do in a superconductor. This high-density quark behavior is called color superconductivity. The strength of pairing inside a color superconductor ...
General Physics
Jan 14, 2025
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