There are many open questions about how superconductivity forms. Ultimately, we want to understand this so that we can make a room-temperature superconductor. In a Bardeen–Cooper–Schrieffer (BCS) superconductor 4 distinct changes occur at the transitions: the material has zero resistance, it now exhibits the Meisner effect, the specific heat increases, and the electrons band together to form cooper pairs. In high-temperature unconventional superconductors, this banding together of electrons is not well understood. As such, it is useful to try and image this process to better understand it. In this latest research [1, 2], scientists have used the technique of angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy referred to as ARPES to image this transition from normal fermionic electrons to bosonic cooper pairs. This is a proof of principle experiment that holds a lot of promise for investigating some of the high-temperature and high-pressure superconductors and may be useful in clearing up the controversy surrounding the recently measured room-temperature superconductor [3, 4]

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0:51 - Superconductors
3:25 - Latest measurement (ARPES)

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