Superconductor : Science World Report

Dec 22, 2015 03:14 PM EST

Origami Battery Is Powered With Bacteria-Containing Liquid

Researchers have created a new origami battery, which can fold into a square size of a matchbook. The orgami battery is a cheap, bacteria-powered battery that is made from paper.

Dec 11, 2015 03:05 PM EST

New Superconductor Has 3-D Charge Density

A team of international researchers have developed a superconductor with a three-dimensional charge density that works at high temperatures.

Nov 09, 2015 03:32 PM EST

Nanostructuring Technology Controls Heat And Electricity

Researchers have created a new nanostructuring technology, which can control both heat and electricity simultaneously. This new study paves the way to potentially convert wasted heat to into electricity energy, according to researchers from Osaka University in Japan.

Jun 27, 2014 09:11 AM EDT

Scientists Set New Superconductor World Record After Over a Decade

University of Cambridge engineers have managed to harness the equivalent of three tons of force inside a golf ball-sized sample of material that is normally as fragile as fine china.

Mar 19, 2014 11:54 PM EDT

Scientists Explore Why Some Materials are Superconductive at High Temperatures

Generally speaking, some energy is lost to resistance the second we attempt to use it for anything. Superconductivity - the complete disappearance of electrical resistance in certain materials, usually at drastically low temperatures - is an exception to this rule.

Dec 31, 2013 02:59 PM EST

Breakthrough: One Step Closer to Nuclear Fusion Power Station

The superconductivity research group of the University of Twente (UT) has made a technological breakthrough crucial to the success of nuclear fusion reactors, allowing for clean, inexhaustible energy generation based on the workings of the stars in our galaxy.

Dec 03, 2013 02:59 PM EST

High-Temperature Superconductivity More Mysterious Than Thought

Classical and high-temperature superconductors differ hugely in the value of the critical temperatures at which they lose all electrical resistance. Scientists have now used powerful X-rays to establish another big difference: high-temperature superconductivity cannot be accounted for by the mechani...

Nov 20, 2013 11:37 PM EST

Quantum Leap in Superconductor Simulation Achieved

Researchers from ETH Zurich have developed an algorithm that simulates high-temperature superconductivity much faster.

Nov 18, 2013 05:32 PM EST

Superconducting Magnet Prototype Reaches 13.5 Tesla With New Material

CERN's Short Model Coil (SMC) programme currently tests new magnet technologies with magnets about 30 centimetres long. This technology will be crucial to eventually help engineers build even more powerful magnets for the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and ever-more powerful future accelerators.

Oct 28, 2013 04:42 PM EDT

In Search of the Superconductor Holy Grail

Identifying new superconductor materials that would be more practical to use in everyday applications would be a major technological breakthrough with huge benefits for our electricity-hungry civilization.

Oct 08, 2013 06:04 PM EDT

First Computer-Designed Superconducting Material Synthesized

The first stable superconductor designed entirely on the computer has been successfully synthesized, according to results published this week in the journal Physical Review Letters.

Sep 20, 2013 05:28 PM EDT

Scientists Create "Mysterious Quasiparticle" Needed for Quantum Computing in Arcane Lab

Reliable quantum computing would make it possible to solve certain types of extremely complex technological problems millions of times faster than today’s most powerful supercomputers. Other types of problems that quantum computing could tackle would not even be feasible with today’s fastest mac...