A quantum highway just one atom high could transform superconductors

Scientists smash speed limit in superconductors, probe Cooper pairs

The breakthrough involves smashing ‘speed limit’ in a superconductor to probe the depairing of entangled pairs of electrons, or Cooper pairs.

A quantum highway just one atom high could transform superconductors

Scientists discovered that atomic steps just one atom high can guide quantum vortices through superconductors, making them move more than 1,000 times more easily in one direction than another. This remarkable control over quantum motion could lead to a new generation of ultra-efficient superconducting electronics.