When cooled to its superconducting state, niobium blocks the radiative flow of heat 20 times better than when in its metallic ...

Now researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have found a way to use terahertz light to watch a ...

Phase transitions in different states of matter, such as the condensation of gases into liquids or the transition from a normal metal to a superconducting state, can be described using Ginzburg-Landau ...

Why do some changes in nature unfold gradually, while others occur in the blink of an eye? Rust forming on metal is a slow, steady process that takes days or even weeks to become visible. By contrast, ...

Silicides — alloys of silicon and metals long used in microelectronics — are now being explored again for quantum hardware. But their use faces a critical challenge: achieving phase purity, since some ...