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Researchers Turned “Empty Space” Into a Tool for Superconductivity
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- Researchers used a specially designed cavity to strengthen quantum vacuum fluctuations and enhance superconductivity in a thin material
- Empty space is not truly empty
- Even a vacuum contains restless quantum fluctuations, and researchers have now shown for the first time that these normally subtle effects can be engineered to strengthen superconductivity
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Researchers used a specially designed cavity to strengthen quantum vacuum fluctuations and enhance superconductivity in a thin material. Empty space is not truly empty. Even a vacuum contains restless quantum fluctuations, and researchers have now shown for the first time that these normally subtle effects can be engineered to strengthen superconductivity. The work, led by [...]
