Quantum Leap in Superconductivity: Harvard’s High-Pressure Breakthrough
An artist’s rendering of nitrogen vacancy centers in a diamond anvil cell, which can detect the expulsion of magnetic fields by a high-pressure superconductor. Credit: Ella MarushchenkoHarvard scientists have made a significant advance in high-pressure physics by creating a tool that directly images superconducting materials under extreme conditions, facilitating new discoveries in the field of superconducting hydrides.Hydrogen (like many of us) acts weird under pressure. Theory predicts that when crushed by the weight of…