Read article: Have scientists in Korea discovered the first room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor?
Widespread scepticism in the physics community and Betteridge’s law of headlines suggest the answer is “no”, but confirmation should be swift either way
Read article: Tantalum polyhydride joins emerging class of high-pressure superconductors
New superconducting hydride is the first to be made from a Group 5 transition metal
Read article: Magnetic trap keeps a superconducting microsphere levitated and stable
Similar set-up could form the basis for precise quantum sensors and even dark-matter detectors
Read article: Palladium oxides could make better superconductors
New calculations reveal that palladates remain superconducting at higher temperatures than cuprates or nickelates
Read article: Evidence for ‘near-ambient’ superconductivity found in lutetium hydride
Superconductivity has been observed at temperatures up to 20 °C in a nitrogen-doped material
Read article: Short electrical pulses switch superconductivity on and off in magic-angle graphene
New finding could help in the development of novel switchable superconducting electronics
Read article: Mercury’s superconductivity explained at long last
Researchers unearth a hitherto undescribed electron screening effect that promotes superconductivity in the first superconductor ever discovered
Read article: Superconductor spin-correlation measurement is claimed as a first
Electrons in Cooper pairs point their spins in opposite directions
Read article: Unconventional superconductor is even odder than expected
New work on a rare odd-parity superconductor advances our understanding of the mechanisms by which superconductivity evolves
Read article: Reducing agent controls doping in cuprate superconductor
Calcium hydride can transform hole-doped Bi2212 into an electron-doped material, opening a new route for studies of high-temperature superconductivity
