Graphic representation of a skyrmion.
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Meet the skyrmion - exotic quasiparticles could revolutionize computing.
Credit: MaGicSky consortium

A New Twist Reveals Superconductivity’s Secrets

An unexpected superconductor was beginning to look like a fluke, but a new theory and a second discovery have revealed that emergent quasiparticles may be behind the effect.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/graphenes-new-twist-reveals-superconductivitys-secrets-20210316/

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