A great deal of her success could be directly linked to what she had learnt from Spock and in Muggles schools. Unlike most witches and wizards, Hermione had no trouble blending the mystical and the scientific. Vulcans had done that for centuries before they managed to quantify at least some of their Mysteries. Spock had been very curious about her power and instinctive abilities, and a lot of their time together involved experimenting and testing her limits. His advanced scientific knowledge gave her an advantage over her colleagues in regards to constructing and deconstructing anything magical. Part of her discoveries resulted in an entirely new class of protective wards that did not have to be cast on foundation stones to be long lasting.