Thursday, October 15, 2020

First room-temperature superconductor excites and baffles scientists

Could this be the breakthrough we have been waiting for for decades! Will this record trigger renewed and intensive efforts to find better superconductors?

A room temperature superconductor would most likely be a huge game changer! Just a reminder: About 1 billion or more of the world population still live without basic access to electricity.

"... The material itself is poorly understood, but it shows the potential of a class of superconductors discovered in 2015. ... The superconductor has one serious limitation, however: it survives only under extremely high pressures, approaching those at the centre of Earth, meaning that it will not have any immediate practical applications. ..."

First room-temperature superconductor excites — and baffles — scientists A compound of hydrogen, carbon and sulfur has broken a symbolic barrier — but its high pressure conditions make it difficult to analyse.

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