No friction. That's what Ranga Dias is after. The University of Rochester physicist spends most of his days in a private lab on Blossom Road, tirelessly chasing after a feat he says he's already ...

Most researchers behind superconductor claim now want their paper pulled Both of the superconductivity papers Ranga Dias published in Nature are now gone.

In March, Ranga Dias and his team made the electrifying claim that they had identified a room-temperature superconductor—a discovery that, if true, would have been a step toward revolutionizing ...

Ranga Dias, a physicist at the University of Rochester, stunned colleagues and made headlines in March with news published in the prestigious journal Nature that the rare-earth metal lutetium ...

Ranga Dias: Superconductors were always a very fascinating research direction, because of the some of these remarkable properties that we can use to advance the technology that we’re using today.

Controversial matter Claims by physicist Ranga Dias from the University of Rochester that his team discovered a near-ambient superconductor have been met with suspicion by the community.

Ranga Dias, an American researcher originally from Sri Lanka at the University of Rochester, was among the university’s recent recipients of National Science Foundation CAREER Awards. (rochester ...

"With this material, the dawn of ambient superconductivity and applied technologies has arrived," according to a team led by Ranga Dias, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and physics.

Ranga Dias, a professor of mechanical engineering and physics, announced his team's findings on Tuesday to a packed room at an American Physical Society meeting in Las Vegas.

Scientist behind superconductivity claims ousted After claims of high-temp superconductivity were retracted, Ranga Dias lost his university job.

When University of Rochester physicist Ranga Dias announced this month that his lab had discovered a room-temperature superconductor — a feat that scientists have been chasing for decades — he drew ...