Physicists May Be One Step Closer To Explaining High-Temp Superconductivity

Posted by samzenpus on Sunday March 1, 2015 @06:26AM from the it's-getting-hot-in-here dept.

sciencehabit writes For years some physicists have been hoping to crack the mystery of high-temperature superconductivity—the ability of some complex materials to carry electricity without resistance at temperatures high above absolute zero—by simulating crystals with patterns of laser light and individual atoms. Now, a team has taken—almost—the next-to-last step in such 'optical lattice' simulation by reproducing the pattern of magnetism seen in high-temperature superconductors from which the resistance-free flow of electricity emerges.

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Re:Relatively high temp... by garyisabusyguy · 2015-03-01 07:34 · Score: 1, Redundant

Does this make the proposed superconducting power transmission corridors feasible?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E...
Has anybody proposed a time-to-market for this, or are we still in the infinite loop of '20 years from now'?

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