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Scientists Detect 'Fingerprint' of High-Temp Superconductivity Above Transition Temperature

Scientists Detect 'Fingerprint' of High-Temp Superconductivity Above Transition Temperature

Physics / Superconductivity

created Aug 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (11) | comments 8

(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of U.S. and Japanese scientists has shown for the first time that the spectroscopic "fingerprint" of high-temperature superconductivity remains intact well above the super chilly temperatures ...


'Wedding Cake' Images Display Transitions between Exotic Quantum States

'Wedding Cake' Images Display Transitions between Exotic Quantum States

Physics / Quantum Physics

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 4

(PhysOrg.com) -- Transitions are exciting. And at temperatures close to absolute zero, studying the transition from one quantum phase to another tantalizes physicists looking for a deeper understanding of ...


Scientists reach milestone in study of emergent magnetism

Scientists reach milestone in study of emergent magnetism

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 18, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (7) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and the University of Chicago have reached a milestone in the study of emergent magnetism.


Evidence of macroscopic quantum tunneling detected in nanowires

Evidence of macroscopic quantum tunneling detected in nanowires

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (13) | comments 6

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has demonstrated that, counter to classical Newtonian mechanics, an entire collection of superconducting electrons in an ultrathin superconducting wire is ...


Observing the Quantum Hall Effect in 'Real' Space

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 12, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (14) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- When water transforms into steam, or magnetized iron changes to demagnetized iron, Katsushi Hashimoto explains to PhysOrg.com, a phase transition is taking place: “Classical phase transitions…often share ...