{"id":246260,"date":"2026-10-31T03:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/ute%e2%82%82-reveals-two-flavors-of-superconductivity-under-extreme-pressure"},"modified":"2026-10-31T03:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T08:31:11","slug":"ute%e2%82%82-reveals-two-flavors-of-superconductivity-under-extreme-pressure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/10\/ute%e2%82%82-reveals-two-flavors-of-superconductivity-under-extreme-pressure","title":{"rendered":"UTe\u2082 reveals two flavors of superconductivity under extreme pressure"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Quantum researchers are searching for a topological superconductor\u2014a material that, if discovered, would allow major advances in quantum computing by combining two distinct \u201cflavors\u201d of superconductivity.<\/p>\n<p>This material remains elusive, but Cornell researchers have demonstrated that uranium ditelluride can exhibit both flavors at once, setting it apart as the leading candidate.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo one has yet convincingly demonstrated a topological superconductor, but now we know that uranium ditelluride at least has the right ingredients to make it happen,\u201d said Brad Ramshaw, associate professor of physics in the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quantum researchers are searching for a topological superconductor\u2014a material that, if discovered, would allow major advances in quantum computing by combining two distinct \u201cflavors\u201d of superconductivity. This material remains elusive, but Cornell researchers have demonstrated that uranium ditelluride can exhibit both flavors at once, setting it apart as the leading candidate. \u201cNo one has yet [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1523,1617],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-computing","category-quantum-physics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246260","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246260"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246260\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246260"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246260"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246260"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}