Not in all superconductors do Cooper pairs respect the lattice symmetry of the crystal in which they move. Now, work finds such 'picky' Cooper pairs in the presence of strong electron–spin interaction — and gives rise to an entire host of new questions.
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Behnia, K. Picky about orientation. Nature Phys 13, 111–112 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nphys3932
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