What is a superconductor, and how does it work? Do room-temperature superconductors really break physics? Read on to find out. Share on Facebook (opens in a new window) Share on X (opens in a new ...

For three decades, one quiet crystal has sat at the center of a fierce argument about how exotic superconductors really work.

Superconductors promise loss-free electricity, but most only work at extreme cold. Hydrogen-rich materials changed that—yet their inner workings remained hidden because they only exist under enormous ...

An elusive "demon" particle has been observed inside a superconductor nearly 70 years after it was first predicted. Its discovery could help resolve the mystery of how superconductors work. Pines' ...

For decades, physicists taught that superconductivity and magnetism could not share the same space. One state should destroy ...

A mysterious particle has been discovered inside a superconducting crystal, more than 60 years after it was first predicted. The particle, called Pines’s demon, could explain why some materials ...

Experiments show Josephson junction-like behavior can arise with only one superconductor, challenging the standard two-superconductor model.

Certain oxides of copper called cuprates doped with small amounts of other elements become superconducting at temperatures to 134°K, significantly warmer than the near-absolute-zero temperature of ...