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A topological superconductor is a special kind of material that exhibits superconductivity (zero electrical resistance) and also has unique properties related to its shape or topology.

Because chiral superconductors have been so difficult to find, engineering them from more readily available ingredients—such as in the new hybrid material reported in this study—could help ...

If Unearthly Materials' claims are true, and if scientists can refine the room-temp superconductor further, it could become a truly transformative technology.

Light touch transforms material into a superconductor. ScienceDaily. Retrieved June 3, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 01 / 110122112044.htm. University of Oxford.

Superconductors are materials that allow electrical current to flow with no resistance, a property that would revolutionize power grids where energy is lost in transmission as well as advance ...

The carbonaceous sulphur hydride material was made and studied by Ranga Dias and colleagues at the University of Rochester and the University of Nevada Las Vegas in the US, who say that it may be ...

“By creating a very clean interface between the chiral material (trigonal tellurium) and gold, we developed a two-dimensional interface superconductor,” Wei told UC Riverside News.

So it is no wonder that social media is abuzz with news of LK-99, a material that purportedly acts as a superconductor at ambient pressure and temperatures as high as 127 C.

Just weeks after researchers claimed that a material called LK-99 is the world’s first room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor evidence to the contrary has started to pile up.

Researchers have been trying to determine if a material called LK-99 really is a superconductor at room temperature and pressure. Here's what is making it so difficult.