Search results for superconductor

Nanophysics Apr 5, 2024

Propelling atomically layered magnets toward green computers

Globally, computation is booming at an unprecedented rate, fueled by the boons of artificial intelligence. With this, the staggering energy demand of the world's computing infrastructure has become a major concern, and the ...

Condensed Matter Apr 4, 2024

'It's ultimately about predicting everything'—theory could be a map in the hunt for quantum materials

A breakthrough in theoretical physics is an important step toward predicting the behavior of the fundamental matter of which our world is built. It can be used to calculate systems of enormous quantities of quantum particles, ...

Superconductivity Apr 4, 2024

Researchers create stable superconductor enhanced by magnetism

An international team including researchers from the University of Würzburg has succeeded in creating a special state of superconductivity. This discovery could advance the development of quantum computers. The results are ...

Condensed Matter Mar 28, 2024

Researchers find first experimental evidence for a graviton-like particle in a quantum material

A team of scientists from Columbia, Nanjing University, Princeton, and the University of Munster, writing in the journal Nature, have presented the first experimental evidence of collective excitations with spin called chiral ...

General Physics Mar 27, 2024

Physicists propose new way to search for dark matter: Small-scale solution could be key to solving large-scale mystery

Ever since its discovery, dark matter has remained invisible to scientists despite the launch of multiple ultra-sensitive particle detector experiments around the world over several decades.

Superconductivity Mar 22, 2024

Discovery of a hidden quantum critical point in two-dimensional superconductors

Weak fluctuations in superconductivity, a precursor phenomenon to superconductivity, have been successfully detected by a research group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech). This breakthrough was achieved by ...

Condensed Matter Mar 14, 2024

Researchers discover new yttrium-hydrogen compounds with implications for high-pressure superconductivity

Researchers at the University of Bayreuth have made a significant scientific breakthrough by identifying new yttrium-hydrogen compounds, a discovery that has serious implications for research on high-pressure superconductivity. ...

Superconductivity Mar 13, 2024

Scientists reveal the first unconventional superconductor that can be found in mineral form in nature

Scientists from Ames National Laboratory have identified the first unconventional superconductor with a chemical composition also found in nature. Miassite is one of only four minerals found in nature that act as a superconductor ...

General Physics Mar 11, 2024

Preventing magnet meltdowns before they can start

The particle accelerators that enable high-energy physics and serve many fields of science, such as materials, medical, and fusion research, are driven by superconducting magnets that are, to put it simply, quite finicky.

Superconductivity Mar 11, 2024

Quantum-mechanical 'molecules' spotted in superconducting devices

Electronic states that resemble molecules and are promising for use in future quantum computers have been created in superconducting circuits by physicists at RIKEN.

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