Quantum Materials Unveiled: A New X-Ray Imaging Technique
Using light to create transient phases in quantum materials is a novel method for engineering new properties like superconductivity or nanoscale topological defects, however, visualizing…
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Upgrading Your Computer to Quantum
Computers that can use quantum mechanics’ “spooky” properties to solve problems quicker than existing technology may seem appealing, but they must first overcome a major…
Superconductivity Breakthrough: Spin Correlation Between Paired Electrons Demonstrated for First Time
For the first time, physicists have experimentally demonstrated that there is a negative correlation between the two spins of an entangled pair of electrons from…
Superconductor Breakthrough: Scientists Discover an Invisible Phenomenon
It may be possible to develop superconductors that operate at room temperature with further knowledge of the relationship between spin liquids and superconductivity, which would…
Holy Grail of Energy Efficiency: Physicists Advance in Race for Room-Temperature Superconductivity
Less than two years ago the science world was shocked by the discovery of a material capable of room-temperature superconductivity. Now, a team of University…
Atomic-Scale Window Into Superconductivity Paves Way for Advanced New Quantum Materials
New technique helps researchers understand unconventional superconductors. One of nature’s most fascinating quantum phenomena is superconductivity. When a superconducting material is cooled below its critical…
Electronic Nematicity: Spin Keeps Electrons in Line in Iron-Based Superconductor
Electronic nematicity, thought to be an ingredient in high-temperature superconductivity, is primarily spin driven in FeSe finds a study in Nature Physics. Researchers from PSI’s…
A Chilling Feat: Superconducting X-Ray Laser Reaches Operating Temperature Colder Than Outer Space
The new facility, LCLS-II, will soon sharpen our view of how nature works on ultrasmall, ultrafast scales, impacting everything from quantum devices to clean energy….
New Possibilities Discovered for Room-Temperature Superconductivity
Scientists discover that triggering superconductivity with a flash of light involves the same fundamental physics that are at work in the more stable states needed…
Graphene Quantum Magic Delivers a New Class of Superconducting Material
Superconductors are materials that conduct electrical current with almost no electrical resistance at all. This property makes them particularly appealing for a variety of applications,…
Surprising New Clues Uncovered to Exotic Superconductors’ Superpowers
Study leverages one of the most powerful magnets on Earth to probe a new model of a mysterious metal. A research team has uncovered new…
Magnetic Levitation: How Maglev Works
What if you could travel from New York to Los Angeles in just under seven hours without boarding a plane? It could be possible on…
MIT Uses AI To Discover Hidden Magnetic Properties in Multi-Layered Electronic Material
An MIT team incorporates AI to facilitate the detection of an intriguing materials phenomenon that can lead to electronics without energy dissipation. Superconductors have long…
Tiny Magnets Could Hold the Secret to Miniaturizable Quantum Computers
Magnetic interactions could point to quantum devices. From MRI machines to computer hard disk storage, magnetism has played a role in pivotal discoveries that reshape…
Discovery of Strong Electron Correlation in a 2D Material Could Help Engineer Unconventional Superconductivity
Physicists find direct evidence of strong electron correlation in a 2D material for the first time. The discovery could help researchers engineer exotic electrical states…
Zero Wasted Electricity: Working To Revolutionize the Way We Live With Superconductivity
University of Houston Researchers Exploring the Bounds of Room-Temperature Superconductivity. In the simplest terms, superconductivity between two or more objects means zero wasted electricity. It…
Time-Reversal Symmetry-Breaking Magnetic Fields Discovered Inside a Kagome Superconductor
New Insight Into Unconventional Superconductivity Signatures for a novel electronic phase that enables charge to flow spontaneously in loops have been observed in a kagome…
New Super-Conducting Technology Takes Data Beyond Ones and Zeroes
Leveraging electron spin adds a new dimension to data encoding. Remember flip-phones? Our smartphones may one day look just as obsolete thanks to spintronics, an…
