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superconductor

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  1. A material that can develop superconductivity (see also superconductivity).


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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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Cooper pairs are normally distributed uniformly throughout a superconductor, but the researchers suggested that the pairs might also arrange themselves into repeating patterns.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 7, 2026

It is the first coordinated global collaboration dedicated to discovering new superconductors, with the ambitious objective of finding a room temperature superconductor by 2033.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 7, 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

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

But the children's wire was a superconductor at room temperature.

From Long Ago, Far Away by Murray Leinster

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