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Physicists take the temperature of second sound
Results could have applications for studies of high-temperature superconductors and neutron stars
Quieter quantum device measures electrical current
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Heavy fermions appear in a layered intermetallic crystal
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170-year-old physical law unexpectedly holds true in high-temperature superconductors
Validation of Wiedemann–Franz law in cuprates has implications for electron transport in strongly correlated materials
Snapshot of noble gas atoms emerges from within a graphene sandwich
Nanoclusters of krypton and xenon directly imaged at room temperature for the first time thanks to confining layers of graphene
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Quantum simulator visualizes large-scale entanglement in materials
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Scandium breaks temperature record for elemental superconductors
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