Phonons fail to explain high-temperature superconductivity
Electron–phonon interactions can only account for a fraction of superconducting behaviour
Physicists discover the ‘superinsulator’
Material found to have infinite resistance could be exploited to make “ideal” batteries
Iron-based high-Tc superconductor is a first
Material could shed new light on superconductivity
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Glue and cuprates
One of the most sought after theories in condensed matter physics is that of high temperature superconductivity. It is hard to walk into these kind of talks and understand what is going on. If it is t...
Holography gets smart
Exploring the potential of holograms that can respond
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Two-species Fermi mixture is a first
Physicists score ultracold hat-trick
BEC goes with the flow
Current persists in ultracold gas
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Blog life: The Quantum Pontiff
David Bacon reveals how quantum computing adds up
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The best of 2007
Monthly highlights from the year in physics
Superexchange spotted in optical lattice
Ultracold atoms engage in virtual hopping
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