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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.
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.
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.
At super-low temperatures, a crystal called samarium hexaboride behaves in an unexplained, imagination-stretching way.
When scientists traced a museum rock back to its origins, they uncovered mysteries about the early solar system.