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Peter DrakeArticle on a chemist in some college's alumni magazine: "For a lecture on superconductors, she brought a sample of the superconducting material yttrium barium copper oxide that students could handle.Chemistry students often think, 'this is painful'..."Wikipedia: It does so "at about 93 K (−180.2 °C; −292.3 °F)".Me: Yes, I imagine that would be painful.<a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#chemistry</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#superconducting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/brr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#brr</a>

John Vaccaro (johniac)SciTech Chronicles. . . . . . . . .Feb 24, 2025<a href="https://bit.ly/stc022425" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/stc022425</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Oort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Oort</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/model" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#model</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/simulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#simulation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/snowballs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#snowballs</a> #<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Mantle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mantle</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hydrogen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hydrogen</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/serpentinization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#serpentinization</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rift" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Rift</a>-inversion <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ISOC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ISOC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OFDS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OFDS</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/resilience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#resilience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/standard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#standard</a> #<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/plasma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#plasma</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thrusters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thrusters</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AF</a>-MPD <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ARPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ARPA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/monopolies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#monopolies</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/competition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#competition</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communityowned" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#communityowned</a>

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Stephen ShanklandWe've now detailed the second core superconducting technology we developed at CFS for our fusion machines: PIT VIPER cables. Four years from idea to manufacturing, which is a breakneck pace for new magnet tech. Peer reviewed paper so people don't just have to take our word for it. Dig in here: <a href="https://cfs.energy/news-and-media/commonwealth-fusion-systems-second-breakthrough-superconducting-technology-handles-mammoth-pulses-of-power" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://cfs.energy/news-and-media/commonwealth-fusion-systems-second-breakthrough-superconducting-technology-handles-mammoth-pulses-of-power</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#fusion</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/FusionEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#FusionEnergy</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Superconducting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Engineering" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Engineering</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Magnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Magnet</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Climate</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Science</a>

Paul GuinnessyQuantum researchers realized about four years ago that cosmic radiation limits the lifetime of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/qubits" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#qubits</a>, which is a problem as there's a lot bout. Two detectors at Fermilab are going to see if there are ways to limit the damage. <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/QuantumComputers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QuantumComputers</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a href="https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/77/8/20/3304675/Fermilab-goes-deep-to-silence-noisy-radiation" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://pubs.aip.org/physicstoday/article/77/8/20/3304675/Fermilab-goes-deep-to-silence-noisy-radiation</a>

Matt WillemsenScientists create world's strongest iron-based superconducting magnet using AI <a href="https://phys.org/news/2024-06-scientists-world-strongest-iron-based.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://phys.org/news/2024-06-scientists-world-strongest-iron-based.html</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/chemistry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#chemistry</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NewMaterials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewMaterials</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/magnet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magnet</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iron" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iron</a>—based <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BOXVIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#BOXVIA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MRI</a>

katch wreck"due to a phenomenon called magnetic flux quantization in the superconducting loop, this pulse is always exactly the same. It is known as a “single flux quantum” (SFQ) of magnetic flux, and it is fixed to have a value of 2.07 millivolt-picoseconds. Put an inductor inside the Josephson-junction loop, and the voltage pulse drives a current. Since the loop is <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a>, this current will continue going around the loop indefinitely, without using any further <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energy</a>."<a href="https://spectrum.ieee.org/superconducting-computer?utm_campaign=post-teaser&utm_content=l33tpx73" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://spectrum.ieee.org/superconducting-computer?utm_campaign=post-teaser&utm_content=l33tpx73</a>

Paul GuinnessyIn its <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a> state, an exotic metal harbors charge carriers that appear to have 4 and 6 times the charge of a single electron, suggesting the formation of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Cooper" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cooper</a>-pair “molecules.” <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#physics</a> <a href="https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/80?utm_campaign=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailalert" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://physics.aps.org/articles/v17/80?utm_campaign=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_source=emailalert</a>

Timo KisselThere's something about <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#research</a> (which I very much hope will yield results) that seems to attract a certain degree of shadiness <a href="https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/report-superconductivity-researcher-found-to-have-committed-misconduct/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/03/report-superconductivity-researcher-found-to-have-committed-misconduct/</a>

Quantum ObserverJapanese Joint Research Group Wins Prime Minister’s Award With Computing platform Using 64-Qubit Quantum Computer <a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2361509" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2361509</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/AIST" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIST</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Fujitsu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fujitsu</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Fujitsu_Limited" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fujitsu_Limited</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/NICT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NICT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Nippon_Telegraph_and_Telephone_Corporation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Nippon_Telegraph_and_Telephone_Corporation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/NTT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NTT</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Osaka_University" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Osaka_University</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/RIKEN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RIKEN</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Superconducting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/the_National_Institute_of_Advanced_Industrial_Science_and_Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#the_National_Institute_of_Advanced_Industrial_Science_and_Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/The_National_Institute_of_Information_and_Communications_Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#The_National_Institute_of_Information_and_Communications_Technology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/quantumdaily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantumdaily</a> Insider Brief A Japanese research group was r

Quantum ObserverNew Superconducting ‘Flowermon’ Qubit Boosts Stability of Quantum Information <a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2361090" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2361090</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Quantum_Computing_Business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Quantum_Computing_Business</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/flowermon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#flowermon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Superconducting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/terra_quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terra_quantum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/quantumdaily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantumdaily</a> Insider Brief Researchers published a paper describing a new superconducting qubit expected to increase coherence times in quantum processors. Terra Quantum announced the publication of the research paper that introduced the “flowermon” qubit. The team said it represents a new class o

Scientific Frontline<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Physicists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Physicists</a> from Forschungszentrum Jülich and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology have uncovered that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Josephson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Josephson</a> tunnel junctions – the fundamental building blocks of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/quantum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantum</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computers</a> – are more complex than previously thought <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Physics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuantumScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#QuantumScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sflorg</a> <a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/phy02142401.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sflorg.com/2024/02/phy02142401.html</a>

HZDRA team <a href="https://helmholtz.social/@HZDR" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@HZDR</a>, <a href="https://helmholtz.social/tags/CEA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CEA</a>, <a href="https://helmholtz.social/tags/Tohoku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Tohoku</a> University, and <a href="https://helmholtz.social/tags/MPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MPI</a> CPfS gained insights why a new material remains <a href="https://helmholtz.social/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a> even at high <a href="https://helmholtz.social/tags/magnetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#magnetic</a> fields – possibly enabling previously unconceivable technological applications. ▶️<a href="https://www.hzdr.de/presse/ute2_heavyweight_champion" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.hzdr.de/presse/ute2_heavyweight_champion</a>Image: B. Schröder/ HZDR

Quantum ObserverIt’s Back: Researchers Say They’ve Replicated LK-99 Room Temperature Superconductor Experiment <a href="https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2360041" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://thequantuminsider.com/?p=2360041</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/coppersubstituted_lead_apatite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coppersubstituted_lead_apatite</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/CSLA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CSLA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/LK99" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LK99</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/roomtemperature_superconductor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#roomtemperature_superconductor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/Superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Superconducting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/superconductor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconductor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.quantumobserver.eu/tags/quantumdaily" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#quantumdaily</a> Insider Brief A team of researchers report the replication experiments suggest a copper-substituted lead apatite (CSLA) may serve as a candidate for room-temperature superconductivity. Last year, replication efforts on a similar r

Scientific FrontlineAs industrial <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/computing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#computing</a> needs grow, the size and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/energy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#energy</a> consumption of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/hardware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#hardware</a> needed to keep up with those needs grows as well. A possible solution to this dilemma could be found in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a> materials <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MaterialScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MaterialScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Physics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Physics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sflorg</a> <a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/12/ms12192301.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sflorg.com/2023/12/ms12192301.html</a>

Stephen ShanklandAnother quantum computer is here — Fujitsu and RIKEN in Japan. They went with superconducting qubits, like IBM, Google, and various others (but not all). 64 qubits so far. <a href="https://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/2023/1005-01.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://www.fujitsu.com/global/about/resources/news/press-releases/2023/1005-01.html</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/QuantumComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#QuantumComputing</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Japan</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#superconducting</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/qubits" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#qubits</a>

rexi<a href="https://news.mit.edu/2023/physicists-discover-new-switch-superconductivity-0622" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.mit.edu/2023/physicists-discover-new-switch-superconductivity-0622</a>In recent years, physicists have used <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nematicity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nematicity</a> to describe a coordinated shift that drives a material into a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#superconducting</a> state. Strong interactions between electrons cause the material as a whole to stretch infinitesimally, like microscopic taffy, in one particular direction that allows electrons to flow freely in that direction.

WowbggrEngineer Details Messy LK-99 Superconductor Creation Process | Tom's Hardware<a href="https://www.tomshardware.com/news/engineer-details-messy-lk-99-superconductor-fabrication-process?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fscience" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.tomshardware.com/news/engineer-details-messy-lk-99-superconductor-fabrication-process?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Fscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/lk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lk</a>-99 <a href="https://mastodon.org.uk/tags/Superconducting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Superconducting</a>

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