In this artistic rendering, a magnetic pulse (right) and X-ray laser light (left) converge on a superconductor material to study the behavior of its electrons.
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A muon, center, spins like a top within the atomic lattice of a thin film of superconducting nickelate.
A half-mile-long stretch of tunnel in Menlo Park, California is now colder than most of the universe.
A muon, center, spins like a top within the atomic lattice of a thin film of superconducting nickelate.
A half-mile-long stretch of tunnel in Menlo Park, California is now colder than most of the universe.
