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Nature Materials 6, 617–619 (1 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/nmat1990

High Tc for the power grid

Alexis P. Malozemoff

High-temperature superconductors (HTS) have entered the third decade following the breakthrough discovery by Bednorz and M|[uuml]|ller in 1986. The first decade was one of fundamental discoveries — new materials, new phenomena, and the first exploratory steps towards an applications technology.