Sep

22

Research Looks At Closing In On High Temp Superconductivity

September 22, 2016 | 1 Comment

Penn State researchers have made hundreds of observations of individual potassium atoms, cooled to just slightly above absolute zero. The atoms were trapped by lasers in a two-dimensional grid, and interacting with each other in intriguing ways that could help to reveal the behaviors of superconducting electrons. The team’s scientists suspect that they have observed […]

Dec

31

Explanation Begins for the Superconducting Pseudogap

December 31, 2014 | Leave a Comment

Researchers at Stanford University and the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have found the first direct evidence that a mysterious phase of matter known as the “pseudogap” competes with high-temperature superconductivity. The pseudogap takes electrons from superconducting materials that otherwise might pair up to carry current through a material with 100% efficiency. The […]

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