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World's Smallest Superconductor Discovered

Posted by samzenpus on from the none-more-small dept.

arcticstoat writes "One of the barriers to the development of nanoscale electronics has potentially been eliminated, as scientists have discovered the world's smallest superconductor. Made up of four pairs of molecules, and measuring just 0.87nm, the superconductor could potentially be used as a nanoscale interconnect in electronic devices, but without the heat and power dissipation problems associated with standard metal conductors."

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  1. Re:What temperature does this work at though?! by ls+-la · · Score: 4, Funny

    This doesn't do us a lot of good in most applications if we have to cool our processors with liquid nitrogen.

    Except that most slashdotters already cool their systems with liquid nitrogen, or would love the excuse to make it so.

  2. World's smallest superconductor walks into a bar.. by calibre-not-output · · Score: 5, Funny

    The bartender says "We don't serve superconductors in this bar." The world's smallest superconductor leaves without putting up any resistance.

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  3. Re:Critical temperature by nebaz · · Score: 4, Funny

    "if I dunked my cat in liquid helium, it would probably begin to superconduct."

    Icanhazsooperkundukter?

    (sorry)

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  4. Re:Critical temperature by HiggsBison · · Score: 4, Funny

    To quote (more or less) one of my lab mates "if I dunked my cat in liquid helium, it would probably begin to superconduct."

    "Probably"? So the cat might superconduct, and it might not. Sort of a Shrödinger's superconductor? Is that what you're getting at?

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