Extra Sessions Engineering applications of superconductivity COMPUTER USAGE: None PRESENTATIONS AND REPORTS : All students will present a 30-minute on an application topic for the distributed list ...

This year, superconductivity — the flow of electric current with zero resistance — was discovered in three distinct materials. Two instances stretch the textbook understanding of the phenomenon. The ...

Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have uncovered the atomic-scale mechanics that enhance superconductivity in an iron-based material, a finding published recently in Nature.

Copper-oxide (CuO2) superconductors, such as Bi2Sr2CaCu2O8+ (Bi2212), have unusually high critical temperatures. Optical reflectivity measurements of Bi2212 have shown that it exhibits strong optical ...

Almost all the research so far has focused on very fast processes that may contribute to superconductivity—for instance, natural, high-frequency vibrations known as phonons that rattle a ...