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Superconductors are used to make large electromagnets, and they are starting to play a major role in industry.
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The second generation of the Majorana chip is based on the same principles as the first but is more effective in part because the scientists replaced aluminium with lead as a superconductor.
From BBC ● Jun. 2, 2026
I met with him recently to understand how he intends to make that work, by moving superconductor manufacturing out of boutique labs and into commercial fabs.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
The ultra thin films developed by Yang's group offer several advantages over other topological superconductor candidates.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026
By carefully changing the proportion of these elements, they discovered they could push the material from one quantum phase to another, including the sought after topological superconductor phase.
From Science Daily ● Feb. 25, 2026
But the children's wire was a superconductor at room temperature.
From Long Ago, Far Away by Leinster, Murray
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