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A New Family of High-Temperature Superconductors
sciencehabit writes to let us know that physicists are hailing the discovery of a new type of superconductor as a "major advance." The new materials could solve the biggest mystery in condensed matter physics — i.e., how and why cuprate superconductors work — as well as paving the way for practical magnetic levitation and lossless transmission of energy. "God only knows where it will go," says one Nobel Laureate. After the discovery of superconductivity in an iron-and-arsenic compound at 26 kelvin, several Chinese research groups quickly found related materials that are superconducting up to 55K. (Cuprates go as high as 138K; liquid nitrogen boils at 77K.)
"God only knows where it will go," says one Nobel Laureate.
They found the Higgs boson?
mcgrew's razor: Never attribute to stupidity that which can be explained by greedy self-interest
Why didn't he add a chapter about it in his book? Seems that the Bible is awefully biased towards the early medieval period, we in the future have to fend for ourselves without any help.
For a less technical view of how cool this is:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RJwqkWawcU
Sometimes, life itself is sarcasm...