Researchers Turned “Empty Space” Into a Tool for Superconductivity
Schematic of vacuum-fluctuation-enhanced superconductivity. Credit: USTC Researchers used a specially designed cavity to strengthen quantum vacuum fluctuations and…
Graphene superconductivity switched off, proving electrons drive it
Researchers have completely switched off superconductivity in magic-angle graphene by weakening interactions between electrons, providing strong evidence that…
MIT scientists watched electrons rebuild inside a quantum material; one phase grew like an ice crystal |
Deep inside a crystal cooled to nearly -230°C, MIT physicists have caught something rarely seen in quantum materials:…
Physicists Just Achieved Superconductivity at Highest Temperature Yet – Under Normal Pressure
Superconductive materials could revolutionize electronics – if only they weren’t so fussy. Coaxing materials into this state, where…
The Search for Room Temperature Superconductors Just Got a Huge AI Boost
YRu3B2 and LuRu3B2 gain their superconductivity from electrons forming flat bands in a kagome lattice, named after a…
Graphene can hold multiple states of superconductivity, a new study finds | MIT News
The ordinary graphite in pencil lead is proving to be surprisingly multifaceted at the microscale. In a study…
A superconductivity record that stood for 30 years has been broken
For more than 30 years, one number stood as a stubborn barrier in superconductivity research: 133 kelvin, or…
Europe’s first superconducting X-ray spectrometer uses 248 sensors
Researchers in Germany have brought Europe’s first and only superconducting TES-array X-ray spectrometer online at the BESSY II…
Scientists shatter 30-year superconductivity record with zero-resistance material that works at normal pressure
A team at the University of Houston says it has set a new superconductivity record, producing a material…
Breakthrough Technique Reveals Atomic Secrets of Record-Breaking Superconductors
Artistic representation of the interior of a diamond anvil cell. A copper-colored, multi-stage Lenz lens is placed on…
Scientists find Quantum chaos inside a perfect diamond
A diamond can look flawless under every conventional measurement and still be hiding something unexpected in its electronic…
Scientists Crack Key Mystery Behind High-Temperature Superconductors
Nodeless superconducting gap and electron-boson coupling in (La,Pr,Sm)3Ni2O7 films. Credit: Image by the research team New measurements of…