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Scientists Create Room Temperature Superconductor

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-that-cold-anymore dept.

StarEmperor writes "A team of Canadian and German scientists have fabricated a room-temperature superconductor, using a highly compressed silicon-hydrogen compound. According to the article,"The researchers claim that the new material could sidestep the cooling requirement, thereby enabling superconducting wires that work at room temperature.""

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  1. Room temperature superconductors? by Kaz+Kylheku · · Score: 5, Funny

    Like Leonard Bernstein, for instance?

  2. In related news by 427_ci_505 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Researchers in Fairbanks, Alaska have just created a room temperature superconductor.

  3. Re:Its a bomb by pushing-robot · · Score: 5, Funny

    Silane explodes with considerable violence on exposure to air
    Cool, I get to mark two things off my Star Trek checklist in a single day:

    * Room-temperature superconductors
    * Computers that explode violently
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    How can I believe you when you tell me what I don't want to hear?
  4. Re:So what by cayenne8 · · Score: 5, Funny
    "This is absolutely awesome if they can get it into production, even in 20 years."

    No doubt. Think of the awesome stereo cables you could make with these!!!

    Superconducting speaker cables and interconnects....the audiophiles dream!!

    No wooden knob needed.

    :-)

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  5. Re:Room-pressure? by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 5, Funny

    Cold is not a thing, it is the absence of something (heat). Heat, on the other hand, exists, and enters from all directions.

    Heat is not a thing. Thermal Energy, on the other hand, exists, and dissipates in all directions. (Heat is defined as the dissipation of thermal energy)
    Thermal energy is not a thing. Molecules do, however, have kinetic energy which they tend to partially transfer to other molecules with less kinetic energy when they randomly collide.
  6. Re:Room-pressure? by Wonko+the+Sane · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's turtles all the way down

  7. Re:But... by SQLGuru · · Score: 5, Funny

    Combine the room-temp superconductor plus the motionless CPU cooler, throw in the fact that scientists success corrolates to beer (three stories from today), and you just might have colder beer.

    Layne