A new look at 'strange metals'
Thursday, January 16, 2020 - 14:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Superconductors allow electrical current to flow without any resistance—but only below a certain critical temperature. Many materials have to be cooled down to almost absolute zero, while some materials keep their superconducting properties up to much higher temperatures. How this "high-temperature superconductivity" works and how it is possible to develop new materials that are superconductors even at normal room temperature is still one of the great mysteries of modern physics.