14 DAY TRIAL // Obtaining materials that oppose no resistance to electricity flowing through them – so-called superconductors – are difficult to obtain and manage.
Now, researchers announce the creation of a new approach for controlling their properties, which relies on the use of laser light.
The work was led by expert Yoram Dagan, from the Department of Physics and the Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, both at the Tel Aviv University, Science Blog reports.
A paper detailing the findings is featured in the latest issue of the top journal Nature Nanotechnology.
What the new approach does is use optical and ultraviolet light to manipulate the critical temperatures where various materials become superconducting.
Devices based on this technique could be used as computer memories. They would generate no heat and consume only minimal amounts of electricity.