Quantum vacuum noise used to boost superconductivity for first time
Empty space in general is filled with silence. However, at the quantum level, emptiness is filled with unwanted…
MIT Creates Air-Stable Ultrathin Superconductors for Quantum Chips
Two-dimensional (2D) superconductors are intriguing platforms for quantum science and many-body physics. They also have flat, crystalline surfaces,…
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 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…
New quantum material switches superconductivity back on at 70 Tesla
Scientists in Austria have finally uncovered the reason why a strange uranium-based superconductor appears to come back to…
Quantum Breakthrough: New Algorithm Solves “Impossible” Materials in Seconds
A new computational method reveals a faster way to explore intricate quantum systems, pointing toward emerging applications in…