128 Results From "superconduct"

A physics student used a scanning tunneling microscope to built a "Christmas tree" that's barely thicker than a DNA strand.
Science & Energy

World’s Tiniest “Christmas Tree” Is Barely Thicker Than a DNA Strand

A team of researchers from University of Science and Technology of China have just claimed quantum supremacy using a photon-based quantum computer.
Quantum Physics

China Claims Quantum Supremacy

Scientists developed a working model for a bizarre state of matter called "strange metals," and discovered that they behave similar to black holes.
Physics

Cornell Scientists Say “Strange Metals” Are Similar to Black Holes

Engineers have begun construction of the world's largest nuclear fusion project today in southern France, with operations planned to begin in late 2025.
Energy

Scientists Start Construction of World’s Largest Fusion Reactor

A team of researchers at MIT claim their "SPARC" compact fusion reactor should work — or at least in theory, as they argue in a series of papers.
Energy

MIT Researchers Say Their Fusion Reactor Is “Very Likely to Work”

A team of researchers found a superconducting metal inside metoerite fragments, suggesting the advanced material is forming on its own out in space.
Science & Energy

Scientists Find Superconductor Inside Giant Meteorite

A team of engineers developed a new kind of quantum computer architecture that uses artificial "giant atoms" instead of conventional qubits.
Quantum Physics

Engineers Built “Giant Atoms” That Enhance Quantum Computers

In order to give high-energy researchers better working conditions, one physicist proposes building a particle collider on the Moon.
Physics

This Madlad Wants to Build a Particle Collider on the Moon

Scientists discover a superconductor that works at temperatures nearly 50 Celsius degrees (84.6 Fahrenheit degrees) hotter than the previous record high.
Energy

Scientists Set New Temperature Record for Superconductivity

Researchers have created a "strange metal" that could help us harness the potential of the quantum world in a practical way.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Create “Strange Metal” Packed With Entangled Electrons

Tech conglomerate Honeywell just dropped the hammer: By the middle of 2020, they'll be releasing the most powerful quantum computing machine in the world.
Quantum Physics

Honeywell: We Are Beating Everyone’s Ass at Quantum Supremacy

It’s Official: Google Claims to Have Achieved Quantum Supremacy
Quantum Physics

It’s Official: Google Claims to Have Achieved Quantum Supremacy

Google claims its quantum computer just completed a task in minutes. The same task would've taken a conventional computer 10,000 years.
Quantum Physics

Google Claims to Have Achieved “Quantum Supremacy”

Engineer Jau Tang has plans to clean up our act. His research shows how we could do away with fossil fuels, instead powering vehicles with plasma and air.
Advanced Transport

This Scientist Says He’s Built a Jet Engine That Turns Electricity Directly Into Thrust

New models show that scientists could use lasers and powerful magnets to manipulate superconducting materials or build quantum circuits.
Quantum Physics

Scientists Can Enhance Electronics by Shooting Them With Lasers

Not only are quantum jumps predictable, they can also be reversed, according to a new Yale study that could benefit quantum computing research.
Physics

Scientists Predict Quantum Jumps, Turning Physics on Its Head

Physicists developed a device that allows heat to flow from cold to hot objects, apparently contrary to the second law of thermodynamics.
Science & Energy

Scientists: New Device Appears to Defy the Laws of Thermodynamics

A Chinese official claims the nation is poised to wrap up construction on the HL-2M tokamak, a new "artificial sun," this year.
Science & Energy

China: New “Artificial Sun” Will Be Completed This Year

Collecting parts to build a functioning quantum computer is so difficult, and expensive, it might slow down development of the technology as a whole.
Computers

Sourcing Parts for Quantum Computers is Near-Impossible Right Now

China's "artificial sun" can now heat plasma to 100 million degrees C, the minimum temperature needed to produce a self-sustaining nuclear fusion reaction.
Nuclear Fusion

China’s “Artificial Sun” Is Now Hot Enough for Nuclear Fusion