Crystalline material traps electrons in 3D
The material's electronic structure contains flat bands and offers a new platform for studying strongly correlated quantum materials
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Superconducting electrode controls spin waves in a magnet
Discovery could advance spintronics devices
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Scandium breaks temperature record for elemental superconductors
Researchers push transition element's critical temperature to 30 K at ultrahigh pressures, breaking their previous record for the same material
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Terahertz laser induces room-temperature superconducting phase in a fullerene compound
Effect is transient but the right light source could make it last longer, say researchers
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New superconducting nanowire single-photon detector has 400,000 pixels
Broadband camera is also efficient and fast
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Two-dimensional electride material makes a promising superconductor
A zero-dimensional electride state, not "excess" electrons, is responsible for superconductivity in aluminium hydride
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Ask me anything: Cathy Foley – ‘I have lots of balls in the air on multiple projects’
Catherine Foley is a solid-state physicist who is currently the chief scientist of Australia
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LK-99: meet a materials scientist who put the room-temperature superconductivity claim to the test
In this podcast we also talk about Australia’s national quantum strategy
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‘Room-temperature superconductor’ LK-99 fails replication tests
Independent groups find no evidence for room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductivity in a modified form of lead apatite
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Topological superconductor harbours unusual crystalline state
Discovery in uranium ditelluride could have implications for quantum matter research and topological quantum computing
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