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MIT researchers have unveiled a groundbreaking superconducting device that could revolutionize energy consumption in computing.

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"The macroscopic coherence in superconductors supports dissipationless supercurrents," a potential game-changer for emerging quantum technologies.

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The device's unique feature is its ability to achieve unequal supercurrents in opposite directions, termed the superconducting (SC) diode effect.

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By interfacing the SC layer with a ferromagnetic semiconductor, they achieved a nonvolatile SC diode effect with an efficiency of 65%.

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This innovation highlights the universal Meissner screening effect in superconducting films.

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The team used vanadium and niobium superconductors to demonstrate three types of the SC diode effect.

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The researchers attributed the observed diode effect to a combination of Meissner current and device edge symmetry breaking during fabrication.

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As the world grapples with energy challenges, innovations like this superconducting device could be the key to a more sustainable future.

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