Scientists finally make a room-temperature superconductor. But there’s a catch
The price that had to be paid was a pressure thousands of times higher than at the bottom of the ...
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Frustrated magnets really do exhibit Hall’s effect, but only near absolute zero temperature
Settling a long debate, Princeton University researchers found that a class of materials called frustrated magnets - called so because ...
The key to high-temperature superconductivity might lie in manipulating electron spin
Superconductivity or zero electrical resistance at room temperature is any physicist's dream, but so far the challenges have proven too ...
Superconductivity achieved at room temperature for a fraction of a second
Using a pulse of infrared light, physicists at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter have ...
Accidental exposure of crystal to light increases electrical conductivity 400 fold
Structure of SrTiO3. The red spheres are oxygens, blue are Ti4+ cations, and the green ones are Sr2+. Credit: Wikipedia ...
Hints of superconductivity at room temperature might hold far-reaching consequences
By doping graphite, researchers in Germany have reported that they found tantalizing hints of superconductivity at room-temperatures and far above, ...
Crucial magnetic superconductor breakthrough opens new grounds in electronics
Researchers have reached what can only be described as a crucial milestone that opens the way for a new class ...
