Metrology Research update Quieter quantum device measures electrical current Noise reduction in Josephson junctions could be used in metrology standard Read article: Quieter quantum device measures electrical current
Superconductivity Research update Heavy fermions appear in a layered intermetallic crystal New two-dimensional compound could be used to study interactions that produce unconventional superconductivity and related quantum phenomena Read article: Heavy fermions appear in a layered intermetallic crystal
Superconductivity Research update 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 Read article: 170-year-old physical law unexpectedly holds true in high-temperature superconductors
Superconductivity Research update 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 Read article: Crystalline material traps electrons in 3D
Superconductivity Research update Superconducting electrode controls spin waves in a magnet Discovery could advance spintronics devices Read article: Superconducting electrode controls spin waves in a magnet
Superconductivity Research update 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 Read article: Scandium breaks temperature record for elemental superconductors
Superconductivity Research update 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 Read article: Terahertz laser induces room-temperature superconducting phase in a fullerene compound
Imaging Research update New superconducting nanowire single-photon detector has 400,000 pixels Broadband camera is also efficient and fast Read article: New superconducting nanowire single-photon detector has 400,000 pixels
Superconductivity Research update Two-dimensional electride material makes a promising superconductor 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
Policy and funding Interview 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 Read article: Ask me anything: Cathy Foley – ‘I have lots of balls in the air on multiple projects’