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Houston team sets ambient-pressure superconductivity record at 151 K

Physicists at the University of Houston have pushed the record for ambient-pressure superconductivity to 151 Kelvin, roughly ...
The Conversation

Superconductivity at room temperature remains elusive a century after a Nobel went to the scientist who demonstrated it below ‑450 degrees Fahrenheit

David D. Nolte receives funding from the National Science Foundation. On April 8, 1911, Dutch physicist Heike Kamerlingh Onnes scribbled in pencil an almost unintelligible note into a kitchen notebook ...
Nanowerk

Superconductivity: The Phenomenon of Zero Electrical Resistance

Superconductivity is a fascinating phenomenon in which certain materials exhibit zero electrical resistance and expel magnetic fields below a characteristic temperature, known as the critical ...
The Conversation

Scientists have been researching superconductors for over a century, but they have yet to find one that works at room temperature − 3 essential reads

If you hadn’t heard about superconductors before 2023, odds are you know what they are now. Researchers raised eyebrows early in the year with claims of operational room-temperature superconductors, ...
Science Daily

Scientists unlocked a superconductor mystery under crushing pressure

Superconductors promise loss-free electricity, but most only work at extreme cold. Hydrogen-rich materials changed that—yet their inner workings remained hidden because they only exist under enormous ...