What is a superconductor, and how does it work? Do room-temperature superconductors really break physics? Read on to find out. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

Justin Schwartz is department head and Kobe Steel Distinguished Professor at N.C. State’s Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Here, he explains the science between superconductors and ...

An unexpected observation is shaking up certainties about superconductivity. Physicists have succeeded in filming the quantum ...

LK-99 suspended over a magnet. Briefly an internet sensation, LK-99 turned out not to be a room-temperature superconductor. UC Davis physicist Inna Vishik explored the hype and reality of ...

Researchers studying the link between strange metals and superconductivity have made a breakthrough towards answering a long standing question in condensed-matter physics Strange metals are highly ...

Discovered in 2019, the material known as nickelates has intrigued researchers for its potential to become a superconductor at elevated temperatures—a property that could significantly advance such ...

“Dark” electrons within solid materials may help us learn more about the behaviour of high-temperature superconductors, and perhaps solve other mysteries in material science. Most of a material’s ...

Superconductors (materials that conduct electricity without resistance) have fascinated physicists for more than a century. While conventional superconductors are well understood, a new class of ...

For the past century since their discovery, superconductors and their mysterious atomic properties have left researchers in awe. These special materials allow electricity to flow through them without ...

Giant transverse magnetic fluctuations at the edge of re-entrant superconductivity in UTe2. Nature Communications. DOI: 10.1038/s41467-026-71899-7 Research Group "Thermodynamics of quantum materials ...

The finding could help future efforts to design superconductors that work at higher temperatures. For the past century since their discovery, superconductors and their mysterious atomic properties ...