A superconductor made from germanium, a material commonly used to build computer chips, could one day create better and more reliable quantum computers. Superconductors are materials that conduct ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Separate two superconductors with a thin layer of material and something strange happens. Their superconductivity — a property driven by paired electrons that allows electricity to ...

An international team of researchers has created a special state of superconductivity that can be controlled by magnetism. The discovery could advance the development of quantum computers. The new ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? The world desperately needs a room-temperature superconductor—a material that ...

In theory, science is an entirely rational and transparent undertaking. Scientists gather data, form hypotheses, and then collect more data to find out which hypothesis is correct. That’s the idea, ...

The material PtBi₂ (lower metallic block) has a superconducting top surface (blue). Where the electrons in this surface pair up, indicated by the height of the blue wave, they move without resistance.

An international team has developed a new method to make and manipulate a widely studied class of high-temperature superconductors. This technique should pave the way for the creation of unusual forms ...

The finding could help future efforts to design superconductors that work at higher temperatures. For the past century since their discovery, superconductors and their mysterious atomic properties ...

What is a superconductor, and how does it work? Do room-temperature superconductors really break physics? Read on to find out. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...