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New Superconductor Found "Immune To Magnetism"

Posted by kdawson on from the north-south-it's-all-the-same-to-me dept.

Lisandro sends in news that testing of the new class of superconductors we discussed a while back (compounds of iron, lanthanum, and rare earths) has turned up a major surprise: magnetism doesn't shut off the superconducting state. Magnetic fields represent one of three factors that limit expanded applications for superconductors (the others are current density and temperature dependence.) The research will appear in Nature; here's a preprint (PDF).

3 of 201 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Another limit? by $RANDOMLUSER · · Score: 5, Funny

    Resistance is ductile.

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    No folly is more costly than the folly of intolerant idealism. - Winston Churchill
  2. "Immune to Gravity" coming soon? by seanonymous · · Score: 5, Funny

    That's really neat and all, but please let me know when they find something that's immune to gravity, as it's essential to a project I'm working on. (I have a deadline.)

    1. Re:"Immune to Gravity" coming soon? by CowboyNealOption · · Score: 5, Funny

      Sadly everything on the planet that was immune to gravity drifted away from the earth before people existed.