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California Institute of Technology physicists have observed a new phase of matter whose properties may help explain fundamental questions in the field of high-temperature superconductors

As part of the quest to come up with a room temperature superconductor, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry and Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz have developed new record high-temperature superconductor – and it smells like rotten eggs.

MIT's new compact tokamak fusion reactor design is based on the latest magnetic superconductor technology. The ARC (affordable, robust, compact) reactor design promises smaller, cheaper reactors that could make fusion power practical within 10 years.

Scientists at the University of Southern California (USC) have made steps toward discovering a new family of superconductor materials that work at relatively high temperatures, with possible applications in physics research, medical imaging and high-performance electronics.

With properties that seemingly defy normal physics, Helium-4 superfluid has long defied practical demonstrations of its theorized quasiparticle structure. Now physicists claim to have synthesized this structure in a laser latticed, super-cold superfluid by giving the whole thing a good shake.

MIT researchers claim to have discovered a new universal law for superconductors that, if proved accurate, will bring the physics of superconductors in line with other universal laws and may help advance superconducting circuits for quantum and ultra low-power computing.

Dr Shahriar Hossain from the University of Woolongong in Australia is looking to overcome the problems posed by gearboxes in wind turbines by replacing them with a superconducting coil to slash production costs and drastically improve efficiency.

Developed as part of the MAGDRIVE research project, a new frictionless transmission gear and corresponding contactless axles have been created using superconductor magnetic levitation. Aimed primarily for use in spacecraft, the system is also adaptable for use in automobiles, railways, and aircraft.

A new high-temperature superconductor can trap a record magnetic field of 17.6 Tesla – an advance that could bring us closer to cheaper maglev and vacuum trains, better electric grids, and flywheel energy storage.

Scientists at the University of Tel Aviv have found a way to use light to alter the properties of superconducting materials.

UCSB's new general-purpose quantum computer has separate CPU, memory, and programming electronics.

Newly-developed superconductive sapphire wires are reportedly about to carry 40 times more electricity than traditional copper wiring.