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Magnesium becomes a possible superconductor near the 2D limit
Magnesium is a common chemical element, an alkaline earth metal, which is highly chemically reactive and is very light (even lighter than aluminum). Magnesium is abundant in plants and minerals and plays a role in human physiology ...
The hidden superconducting state in NbSe₂: Shedding layers and gaining insights
Researchers have discovered an unexpected superconducting transition in extremely thin films of niobium diselenide (NbSe2). Publishing in Nature Communications, they found that when these films become thinner than six atomic ...
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Mar 31, 2025
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The first comprehensive characterization of unconventional superconductivity arising from multipolar moments
Superconductivity is a quantum phenomenon, observed in some materials, that entails the ability to conduct electricity with no resistance below a critical temperature. Over the past few years, physicists and material scientists ...
New superconducting state discovered: Cooper-pair density modulation
Superconductivity is a quantum physical state in which a metal is able to conduct electricity perfectly without any resistance. In its most familiar application, it enables powerful magnets in MRI machines to create the magnetic ...
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Mar 27, 2025
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Physicists discover a copper-free high-temperature superconducting oxide
Professor Ariando and Dr. Stephen Lin Er Chow from the National University of Singapore (NUS) Department of Physics have designed and synthesized a groundbreaking new material—a copper-free superconducting oxide—capable ...
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Mar 27, 2025
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Elusive electronic rotons, detected for first time, reveal formation of Wigner crystallites in 2D electron liquid
For decades, researchers have explored how electrons behave in quantum materials. Under certain conditions, electrons interact strongly with each other instead of moving independently, leading to exotic quantum states. One ...
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Mar 26, 2025
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A simple way to control superconductivity: Twisting atomically thin layers fine-tunes properties
Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science (CEMS) and collaborators have discovered a new way to control superconductivity—an essential phenomenon for developing more energy-efficient technologies and ...
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Mar 20, 2025
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Revealing the hidden symmetries of a superconductor
A possible method for probing the properties of exotic particles that exist on the surfaces of an unusual type of superconductor has been theoretically proposed by two RIKEN physicists.
Condensed Matter
Mar 13, 2025
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Physicists uncover two superconducting regimes in a Kagome lattice superconductor
Superconductivity, which entails an electrical resistance of zero at very low temperatures, is a highly desirable and thus widely studied quantum phenomenon. Typically, this state is known to arise following the formation ...
Topological insulator nanowires reveal superconducting effect, bringing topological quantum computing closer to reality
Physicists at the University of Cologne have taken an important step forward in the pursuit of topological quantum computing by demonstrating the first-ever observation of Crossed Andreev Reflection (CAR) in topological insulator ...
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Mar 11, 2025
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Unlocking the secrets of phase transitions in quantum hardware
Phase transitions, like water freezing into ice, are a familiar part of our world. But in quantum systems, they can behave even more dramatically, with quantum properties such as Heisenberg uncertainty playing a central role. ...
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Mar 10, 2025
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Unraveling the mystery of high-temperature superconductors from first principles
Ever since their discovery almost four decades ago, high-temperature superconductors have fascinated scientists and engineers alike. These materials, primarily cuprates, defy classical understanding because they conduct electricity ...
Pure nickel oxide research refutes hydrogen-superconductivity link
Physicists from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have synthesized very pure superconducting materials and redefined the critical role of hydrogen in the newly discovered nickel-oxide superconductors.
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Mar 7, 2025
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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, ...
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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.
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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 ...
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Feb 19, 2025
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