A sudden release of pressure allowed a copper-based compound to superconduct at the highest temperature yet for atmospheric ...

Gold has a reputation for being one of the most stable, predictable elements in the periodic table, but under crushing pressures and searing temperatures it turns out to be anything but simple. By ...

The search for materials that can conduct electricity at room temperature without losing energy is one of the greatest and most consequential challenges of modern physics: loss-free power transmission ...

With his bold claims of revolutionary room-temperature superconductors, physicist Ranga Dias of the University of Rochester in New York propelled the field of high-pressure physics into the spotlight.

In 2019, researchers discovered that two intrinsically magnetic materials, MnBi 2 Te 4 and MnBi 2 Te 7, can behave as topological insulators – materials that are electrically insulating in bulk, but ...