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Nature 428, 26-28 (4 March 2004) | doi:10.1038/428026a

Superconductivity:  Turn up the temperature

Piers Coleman1

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A more elaborate picture is developing of what makes some materials superconduct at relatively high temperatures. With it come hints for how to design materials with still higher transition temperatures.

Discovered a hundred years ago, superconductivity describes the flow of electric current without resistance in metals. Most metals do not become superconducting until cooled to within about ten degrees of absolute zero.

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