Superconductivity theory under attack


Measurements on a superconducting material show an abrupt transition between a normal metal and a 'strange' metal. The really strange thing, however, is that this abruptness disappears when the temperature falls. 'We don't have any theoretical machinery for this', says theoretical physicist Jan Zaanen, coauthor of a Science article, 'this is something that only a quantum computer can calculate.'

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