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Cold-atom experiments tread into the land of two-dimensional superconductivity.

The effect of doping on the pairing gap in iron-based superconductors is elucidated in a theoretical study.

Researchers spatially vary the strength of superconductivity on a nanometer scale using a ferroelectric material on top.

Muon spin rotation is used to determine the effects of pressure on high-temperature superconductivity.

Electron transport measurements on thin films reveal whether two-dimensional metals support macroscopic supercurrents.

The theoretical prediction of the frequency and temperature dependent tendency toward Cooper pairing in five different scenarios allows experimental identification of mechanisms of superconductivity.

Light emitting diodes with superconducting electrodes are better photon emitters.

In a superconductor-semiconductor hybrid system, circularly polarized light can generate an electric current without the system leaving thermal equilibrium.

Under very high pressures hydrogen may combine with platinum to produce new structural phases and high-temperature superconductivity.

A microscopic theoretical model brings insight into the underlying physics behind the complex magnetic and structural transitions of some pnictide superconductors.

Experiments indicate that electrons pair in a spin-triplet state in the superconducting state of the topological insulator CuxBi2Se3.

In iron-based superconductors, the gap on the hole Fermi surface can be used to predict nodal behavior on the electron Fermi surface.

Experiments chip away at the assumption that Fermi-surface nesting is key to superconductivity in iron-based superconductors.

Theorists created a gravitational model that is mathematically analogous to one for a standard superconducting device, extending the ways that the tools of general relativity can lead to insights into condensed matter physics.

Researchers develop a new type of superconducting quantum interference device (SQUID) with significantly enhanced sensitivity and bandwidth, which can function as a general-purpose magnetic sensor.

A new class of high-temperature iron-based superconductors lacks features in its electronic band structure that, based on current theoretical understanding, were considered essential. In a field that has produced quite a few surprises, this is the biggest yet.

Magnetic resonance measurements probe the “insides” of an iron-based superconductor, raising questions about the origins of superconductivity in these materials.

A new pnictide-type superconductor is discovered with heavy electrons ordering antiferromagnetically and light electrons in a superconducting state.

A compelling explanation for the abnormal metallic behavior of cuprate superconductors says they are described by a theory that is hidden in an unphysical world.

Transport and quantum oscillations measurements in the cuprate superconductor YBa_{2}Cu_{3}O_{y} point to density-wave order as an explanation for the peculiar doping evolution of the Fermi surface.