superconductor
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Superconductors are used to make large electromagnets, and they are starting to play a major role in industry.
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"One way to picture it is that the current "twists" the phase of the coherent quantum state of the superconductor, rather like winding a spring," explains Eryin Wang, lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
With highly sensitive tunneling spectroscopy measurements, the researchers found that NbSe2 does not behave like a straightforward superconductor governed by only one superconducting order.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 31, 2026
The second generation of the Majorana chip is based on the same principles as the first but is more effective in part because the scientists replaced aluminium with lead as a superconductor.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
So far, superconductor use has been limited primarily to research in quantum computing and high-performance sensing systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
Induced currents in the superconductor fight its approach.
From Long Ago, Far Away by Murray Leinster
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