new discoveries, superconductivity, superconductors

Physicists Make Major Gains in Room-Temperature Superconductivity

Less than two years after shocking the science world with the discovery of a material capable of room-temperature superconductivity, a team of UNLV physicists has upped the ante once again by reproducing the feat at the lowest pressure ever recorded. In other words, science is closer than it’s ever been to a usable, replicable material ...

August 10, 2022

Troy Oakes

Magnetism Meets Topology on a Superconductor’s Surface

Electrons in a solid occupy distinct energy bands separated by gaps. Energy band gaps are an electronic “no man’s land,” an energy range where no electrons are allowed. Now, scientists studying a superconductor compound containing iron, tellurium, and selenium have found that an energy band gap opens at a point where two allowed energy bands ...

March 28, 2021

Troy Oakes