Superconductors that possibly work at room temp.

Anonymous Coward writes "University of Houston, Texas researchers have found subtle signs of superconductivity in nanotubes of carbon. They may conduct electricity without any resistance, at temperatures stretching up past the boiling point of water. See the story on EurekAlert"

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The repugnant stench of New Scientist.

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Looking closely at the bottom of the page reveals the article's infamous origin:

"PLEASE MENTION NEW SCIENTIST AS THE SOURCE OF THIS STORY AND, IF PUBLISHING ONLINE, PLEASE CARRY A HYPERLINK TO: www.newscientist.com"

You see, New Scientist is a tabloid like sensationalistic uncredible rag. Trusting scientific information from New Scientist is like asking your auntie May who's an LPN to perform brain surgery on you.

For instance one glaring oversight in the article:"To decide whether or not the nanotubes really are superconductors, you need to measure the resistance through a single tube, Alexandrov says."

Alexandrov is apparently the only theoretical physicist left in the world who didnt see the Science article 6 months ago finding that nanotubes superconduct. He also incorrectly states that "Superconductivity theories do not forbid the phenomenon at very high temperatures" this is totally incorect. Type one superconductors have a limit of about 40K and there are theories placing the upper limit of type II superconductors at 200K.