News articles tagged with 'superconducting' (Page 6)
Superconductors get a boost from pressure
— 21 May 2008 20:09 | TechnologySuperconductors can convey more than 150 times more electricity than copper wires because they don't restrict electron movement, the essence of electricity. But to do this, the materials…
Scientists find the ties that bind electrons in high-temperature superconductivity
— 11 Apr 2008 12:54 | PhysicsCountless romance novels begin with a hero and heroine who initially repel each other, only to find them thrown together in uncomfortable circumstances and ultimately rejoice as their…
Scientists create first superinsulator
— 9 Apr 2008 13:14 | PhysicsSuperinsulation may sound like a marketing gimmick for a drafty attic or winter coat. But it is actually a newly-discovered fundamental state of matter created by scientists at the…
Wendelstein 7-X fusion device reaches first milestone
— 16 Mar 2008 11:50 | PhysicsThe first milestone in the successive assembly of the Wendelstein 7-X fusion device at the Greifswald branch of Max Planck Institute of Plasma Physics (IPP) has been reached on schedule…
New understanding for superconductivity at high temperatures
— 13 Jan 2008 19:02 | PhysicsAn international research team has discovered that a magnetic field can interact with the electrons in a superconductor in ways never before observed. Andrea D. Bianchi, the lead researcher…
Path for designing novel nanomaterials
— 11 Oct 2007 20:56 | PhysicsA University of Arkansas researcher and his colleagues have found a novel way to 'look' at atomic orbitals, and have directly shown for the first time that they change substantially…
Two giant steps in advancement of quantum computing
— 26 Sep 2007 17:16 | PhysicsTwo major steps toward putting quantum computers into real practice - sending a photon signal on demand from a qubit onto wires and transmitting the signal to a second, distant qubit…
Nuclear physicists examine limits of the oxygen
— 14 Sep 2007 17:24 | PhysicsPhysicists at the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University have made a unique measurement of an exotic oxygen nucleus, leading scientists one…