New material may reveal inner workings of hi-temp superconductors
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 11:28
in Physics & Chemistry
Measurements taken* at the National Institute of Standards and Technology may help physicists develop a clearer understanding of high-temperature superconductors, whose behavior remains in many ways mysterious decades after their discovery. A new copper-based compound exhibits properties never before seen in a superconductor and could be a step toward solving part of the mystery.