News articles tagged with 'superconducting'
NIST electromechanical circuit sets record beating microscopic 'drum'
— 10 Mar 2011 18:17 | TechnologyPhysicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated an electromechanical circuit in which microwaves communicate with a vibrating mechanical component…
Compact high-temperature superconducting cables demonstrated at NIST
— 18 Feb 2011 18:11 | TechnologyA researcher at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has invented a method of making high-temperature superconducting (HTS) cables that are thinner and more flexible…
Physicists isolate bound states in graphene-superconductor junctions
— 15 Feb 2011 15:45 | PhysicsIllinois researchers have documented the first observations of some unusual physics when two prominent electric materials are connected: superconductors and graphene…
Fleeting fluctuations in superconductivity disappear close to transition temperature
— 13 Feb 2011 21:13 | PhysicsAs part of an ongoing effort to uncover details of how high-temperature superconductors carry electrical current with no resistance, scientists at Johns Hopkins University and the U.S.…
Scientists unveil unexpected properties in superconducting material
— 21 Jan 2011 20:23 | PhysicsIn 2008, an international team of scientists studying an exotic new superconductor based on the element ytterbium reported that it displays unusual properties that could change how…
U of I physicists observe exotic state in an unconventional superconductor
— 14 Jan 2011 16:44 | PhysicsA new fractional vortex state observed in an unconventional superconductor may offer the first glimpse of an exotic state of matter predicted theoretically for more than 30 years. In…
Princeton-led team discovers 'exotic' superconductor with metallic surface
— 3 Nov 2010 11:47 | PhysicsA new material with a split personality - part superconductor, part metal - has been observed by a Princeton University-led research team. The discovery may have implications for the…
'Incoherent excitations' govern key phase of superconductor behaviour
— 15 Oct 2010 12:50 | PhysicsNew research by University of British Columbia physicists indicates that high-temperature superconductivity in copper oxides is linked to what they term 'incoherent excitations' - a…
Quantum computing research edges toward practicality in UCSB physics laboratory
— 6 Oct 2010 05:05 | TechnologyAn important step - one that is essential to the ultimate construction of a quantum computer - was taken for the first time by physicists at UC Santa Barbara. The discovery is published…
AMS experiment takes off for Kennedy Space Centre
— 19 Aug 2010 16:17 | PhysicsThe Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), an experiment that will search for antimatter and dark matter in space, leaves CERN next Tuesday on the next leg of its journey to the International…