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Published online 28 July 2000 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news000803-2

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A transistor-like device made from a superconductor might open the door to better, low temperature electronics, Philip Ball explains.

Anew transistor-like device could usher in the era of electronic circuitry wired with superconducting materials. Free of electrical resistance, superconducting wires also cope with the low temperatures that foil conventional circuitry.

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