For the first time, scientists have directly imaged the quantum process underlying superconductivity, a phenomenon in which ...

Superconductors, materials that can conduct electricity with a resistance of zero, have proved to be highly promising for the ...

A new scenario for superconductivity is revealed, whereby applying pressure to the Kondo ferromagnet Ce5CoGe2 first induces a ...

Superconductivity is a state of matter characterized by an electrical resistance of zero, typically at very low temperatures.

Researchers have uncovered new evidence that superconductivity can be steered by a material’s surroundings, opening a potential path toward electronics that waste far less energy. Instead of changing ...

A puzzling form of superconductivity that arises only under strong magnetic fields has been mapped and explained by a research team including Andriy Nevidomskyy, professor of physics and astronomy at ...

A small environmental tweak can disrupt conventional behaviour, hinting that superconductivity may depend less on materials ...

The Large Hadron Collider at CERN uses superconducting magnets to accelerate and direct a particle beam. Discovery of superconductors that work at (or close to) room temperatures would represent a ...

An international team including researchers from the University of W rzburg has succeeded in creating a special state of superconductivity. This discovery could advance the development of quantum ...

Superconducting materials conduct electricity with no resistance and can be used to make powerful magnets, among other things. UC Davis physicist Inna Vishik was recently awarded a $1.25 million grant ...

A proposed experiment that would involve trapping atoms on a two-layered laser grid could be used to study the mechanism behind high-temperature superconductivity. Developed by physicists in Germany ...