Nickelate superconductors are intrinsically magnetic: Waves of magnetic excitation sweep through this exciting new material whether it's in superconducting mode or not -- another possible clue to how unconventional superconductors carry electric curre - Science Daily

Scientists embedded elementary particles called muons into a many-layered nickel oxide superconductor to learn more about its magnetic properties. They discovered that waves of flip-flopping electron spins create magnetic excitations that sweep through the ni…

Electrons find each other repulsive. Nothing personal -- it's just that their negative charges repel each other. So getting them to pair up and travel together, like they do in superconducting materi… [+6513 chars]

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