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Published online 13 March 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/conference010315-6
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Superconductivity hots up
A new superconductor is in the spotlight after years of neglect.
The discovery of a cheap new superconductor1has sent physicists scuttling back to their labs with an excitement not witnessed since the heyday of superconductor research in the 1980s, delegates heard on Monday at a special session added at the last minute to this week's American Physical Society March Meeting in Seattle.
Like all superconductors, the new material conducts electricity with virtually no resistance, so that a current could circulate forever around a closed loop.
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