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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.

Graphic of swirling vortex-like patterns called skyrmions.
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.

2020 in Review

The Year in Physics

By Michael Moyer
December 23, 2020
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Featuring paradoxical black holes, room-temperature superconductors and a new escape from the prison of time.

A pair of diamonds press from opposite directions against a black metal gasket containing a hydrogen-carbon-sulfur compound.
Abstractions blog

Room-Temperature Superconductivity Achieved for the First Time

By Charlie Wood
October 14, 2020
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Physicists have reached a long-sought goal. The catch is that their room-temperature superconductor requires crushing pressures to keep from falling apart.

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optics

Alchemy Arrives in a Burst of Light

By Philip Ball
September 30, 2020
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Researchers have shown how to effectively transform one material into another using a finely shaped laser pulse.

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Abstractions blog

What’s the Magic Behind Graphene’s ‘Magic’ Angle?

By David H. Freedman
May 28, 2019
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A new theoretical model may help explain the shocking onset of superconductivity in stacked, twisted carbon sheets.

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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.

A still from an animated illustration of electrons dispersing through a cuprate sample.
condensed matter physics

Universal Quantum Phenomenon Found in Strange Metals

By Natalie Wolchover
November 19, 2018
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Experiments suggest that exotic superconducting materials share a “strange metal” state characterized by a quantum speed limit that somehow acts as a fundamental organizing principle.

Sylvia Serfaty, Stefan Falke for Quanta Magazine
Q&A

In Mathematics, ‘You Cannot Be Lied To’

By Siobhan Roberts
February 21, 2017
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For Sylvia Serfaty, mathematics is all about truth and beauty and building scientific and human connections.


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