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Science News for March 21, 2021


Superconductivity from buckled-honeycomb-vacancy ordering

A research team has discovered a new type of superconductor by inducing an extended buckled-honeycomb-vacancy (BHV) ordering in Ir16Sb18. The superconductivity emerges when the BHV ordering is suppressed through extra atom squeezing or Rh substitution, competing with the ordered vacancy as a potential superconducting parent phase.

SourceScience China Press·JournalScience Bulletin·DateMar 21, 2021

Drought over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau triggered by ocean warming more than ten thousand miles away

A recent study reveals that droughts over the southwestern Tibetan Plateau are triggered by ocean warming in the eastern Pacific, approximately 18,000 km away. The researchers found that anomalous advection of moist enthalpy and suppressed rainfall contribute to this phenomenon.