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Man-Made Material Pushes the Bounds of Superconductivity

Posted by samzenpus on from the greased-lightning dept.

An anonymous reader writes "A multi-university team of researchers has artificially engineered a unique multilayer material that could lead to breakthroughs in both superconductivity research and in real-world applications. The researchers can tailor the material, which seamlessly alternates between metal and oxide layers, to achieve extraordinary superconducting properties — in particular, the ability to transport much more electrical current than non-engineered materials."

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  1. Resistance by colinrichardday · · Score: 5, Funny

    Shall we call this material Borgium? Resistance is useless!

    1. Re:Resistance by sconeu · · Score: 5, Funny

      Yes, you're right. Borgium would have futile resistance.

      We are Ohm of Borg. Resistance is Voltage divided by Current.
      We are Coulomb of Borg. Resistance is futile. Voltage, on the other hand, has potential.

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  2. Non-Engineered Materials? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    What is this non-engineered material you speak of? If there is something that we don't have a stress strain curve for, let's get the sucker to an Instron machine right away.

  3. What non man made superconductors are there? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    My family used to own a superconductor mine but we had to close it down due to competition from synthetic superconductors... I guess that is the way the cookie crumbles...

  4. Re:Resistance and temperature by justthinkit · · Score: 4, Funny

    So you're the culprit!

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