superconductor
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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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Scientists at the University of Warwick have uncovered a surprising secret inside a superconductor that researchers have studied for 40 years.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026
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
It cannot fully explain every type of superconductor or capture all aspects of the behavior involved.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 27, 2026
So far, superconductor use has been limited primarily to research in quantum computing and high-performance sensing systems.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 4, 2026
But the children's wire was a superconductor at room temperature.
From Long Ago, Far Away by Murray Leinster
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