Effect is transient but the right light source could make it last longer, say researchers
Read article: Terahertz laser induces room-temperature superconducting phase in a fullerene compound
Broadband camera is also efficient and fast
Read article: New superconducting nanowire single-photon detector has 400,000 pixels
A zero-dimensional electride state, not "excess" electrons, is responsible for superconductivity in aluminium hydride
Read article: Two-dimensional electride material makes a promising superconductor
Catherine Foley is a solid-state physicist who is currently the chief scientist of Australia
Read article: Ask me anything: Cathy Foley – ‘I have lots of balls in the air on multiple projects’
In this podcast we also talk about Australia’s national quantum strategy
Read article: LK-99: meet a materials scientist who put the room-temperature superconductivity claim to the test
Independent groups find no evidence for room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductivity in a modified form of lead apatite
Read article: ‘Room-temperature superconductor’ LK-99 fails replication tests
Discovery in uranium ditelluride could have implications for quantum matter research and topological quantum computing
Read article: Topological superconductor harbours unusual crystalline state
Widespread scepticism in the physics community and Betteridge’s law of headlines suggest the answer is “no”, but confirmation should be swift either way
Read article: Have scientists in Korea discovered the first room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor?
New superconducting hydride is the first to be made from a Group 5 transition metal
Read article: Tantalum polyhydride joins emerging class of high-pressure superconductors
Similar set-up could form the basis for precise quantum sensors and even dark-matter detectors
Read article: Magnetic trap keeps a superconducting microsphere levitated and stable
