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Conceptual image of spin current flow in a superconductor

Some superconductors can also carry currents of ‘spin’

16 Apr 2018

Researchers have shown that certain superconductors – materials that carry electrical current with zero resistance at very low temperatures – can...

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The Electron Manifesto: transforming high performance computing with 'spintronics'

26 Jul 2017

Electron ‘spin’ could hold the key to managing the world’s growing data demands without consuming huge amounts of energy. Now, researchers have shown...

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Left to right: David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, and Michael Kosterlitz

Cambridge alumni win 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics

04 Oct 2016

Three alumni of the University of Cambridge were today awarded the 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work in the field of condensed...

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Structure with symmetric hydrogen bonds induced by the quantum behavior of the protons, represented by the fluctuating blue spheroids

Quantum effects at work in the world’s smelliest superconductor

28 Mar 2016

Researchers have found that quantum effects are the reason that hydrogen sulphide – which has the distinct smell of rotten eggs –behaves as a...

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Cambridge team breaks superconductor world record

27 Jun 2014

New record for a trapped field in a superconductor, beating a record that has stood for more than a decade, could herald the arrival of materials in...

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Superconducting secrets solved after 30 years

15 Jun 2014

A breakthrough has been made in identifying the origin of superconductivity in high-temperature superconductors, which has puzzled researchers for...

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Superconductor levitation

Flying high: levitation and energy storage

01 Nov 2010

Research by the Department of Engineering and Boeing is taking advantage of the remarkable properties of superconductors.

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Superconductor breakthrough could power new advances

09 Jul 2010

The first batch of a new range of powerful superconductors which could revolutionise the production of machines like hospital MRI scanners and...

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