News articles tagged with 'superconductivity' (Page 6)
Exotic materials using neptunium, plutonium provide insight into superconductivity
— 22 Jul 2008 16:35 | PhysicsPhysicists at Rutgers and Columbia universities have gained new insight into the origins of superconductivity - a property of metals where electrical resistance vanishes - by studying…
Room temperature superconductivity
— 9 Jul 2008 17:00 | PhysicsScientists at the University of Cambridge have for the first time identified a key component to unravelling the mystery of room temperature superconductivity, according to a paper published…
Unusual properties in a novel superconducting material discovered
— 30 May 2008 18:45 | TechnologySuperconductivity has perplexed, astounded and inspired scientists ever since it was discovered in 1911. Now, in the latest of a century of surprises, researchers at the National High…
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…
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…
An alternative explanation for the origins of the glue that binds electrons during superconductivity
— 1 Jan 2008 21:35 | PhysicsA team of Boston College researchers led by Asst. Prof. Vidya Madhavan (Physics) has identified an alternative explanation for the microscopic origins of the 'glue' that binds electrons…
The quest for a new class of superconductors
— 1 Jan 2008 15:40 | PhysicsFifty years after the Nobel-prize winning explanation of how superconductors work, a research team from Los Alamos National Laboratory, the University of Edinburgh and Cambridge University…
Cooper pairs can be found in insulators as well superconductors
— 26 Nov 2007 17:00 | PhysicsNearly a century ago, Dutch physicist Kamerlingh Onnes discovered that some metals transform into perfect electrical conductors when cooled to temperatures near absolute zero. Once…
Physicists show how electrons gain weight in metal compounds near absolute zero
— 2 Nov 2007 07:40 | PhysicsRutgers University physicists have performed computer simulations that show how electrons become one thousand times more massive in certain metal compounds when cooled to temperatures…