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An illustration showing three stacked sheets of carbon atoms, each offset from the one below by half a lattice spacing.]
condensed matter physics

Graphene Superconductors May Be Less Exotic Than Physicists Hoped

By Charlie Wood
June 14, 2021
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Superconductivity has been discovered in graphene devices without any twists, suggesting the form of superconductivity in the material might be mundane after all.

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condensed matter physics

A New Twist Reveals Superconductivity’s Secrets

By Charlie Wood
March 16, 2021
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An unexpected superconductor was beginning to look like a fluke, but a new theory and a second discovery have revealed that emergent quasiparticles may be behind the effect.

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quantum physics

With a Simple Twist, a ‘Magic’ Material Is Now the Big Thing in Physics

By David H. Freedman
April 30, 2019
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The stunning emergence of a new type of superconductivity with the mere twist of a carbon sheet has left physicists giddy, and its discoverer nearly overwhelmed.

mathematical physics

A Child’s Puzzle Has Helped Unlock the Secrets of Magnetism

By Marcus Woo
January 24, 2019
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People have known about magnets since ancient times, but the physics of ferromagnetism remains a mystery. Now a familiar puzzle is getting physicists closer to the answer.

condensed matter physics

Paradoxical Crystal Baffles Physicists

By Natalie Wolchover
July 2, 2015
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At super-low temperatures, a crystal called samarium hexaboride behaves in an unexplained, imagination-stretching way.

Physics

In a Grain, a Glimpse of the Cosmos

By Natalie Wolchover
June 13, 2014
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When scientists traced a museum rock back to its origins, they uncovered mysteries about the early solar system.

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