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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Have scientists in Korea discovered the first room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor?
Widespread scepticism in the physics community and Betteridge’s law of headlines suggest the answer is “no”, but confirmation should be swift either way
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Tantalum polyhydride joins emerging class of high-pressure superconductors
New superconducting hydride is the first to be made from a Group 5 transition metal
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Magnetic trap keeps a superconducting microsphere levitated and stable
Similar set-up could form the basis for precise quantum sensors and even dark-matter detectors
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Palladium oxides could make better superconductors
New calculations reveal that palladates remain superconducting at higher temperatures than cuprates or nickelates
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