During the waning years of Soviet power, glasnost laid bare the distress of people trapped in a system they despised but felt powerless to change. The reexamination of values that began then continues
Named for its developers John Bardeen, Leon Cooper, and Robert Schrieffer, the BCS theory of superconductivity was unveiled in 1957, sparking research that continues to present. Here physicists trace
The BCS theory of superconductivity developed in 1957 by Bardeen, Cooper and Schrieffer has been remarkably successful in explaining the properties of superconductors. In addition, concepts from BCS h
