Used as a versatile material in industry and health care, magnesium oxide may also be a good candidate for quantum technologies. Research led by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National ...

Scientists have discovered that adding a layer of magnesium improves the properties of tantalum, a superconducting material that shows great promise for building qubits, the basis of quantum computers ...

Magnesium, a light and reactive chemical element, may hold a major surprise. Researchers are considering giving it a novel role in the field of superconductors. This alkaline earth metal, abundant in ...

Chenyu Zhou, a research associate in the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at Brookhaven National Laboratory and first author on the study, with Mingzhao Liu (CFN), Yimei Zhu (CMPMS), and ...

These molecular diagrams compare the oxidation of native tantalum (Ta), left, in which the oxide penetrates the Ta lattice, with that of tantalum coated with an ultrathin layer of magnesium (Mg), ...