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Genie in a bottle

An overlooked compound has a surprise in store for physicists. It becomes superconducting at a much higher temperature than any other stable metallic compound.

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Cava, R. Genie in a bottle. Nature 410, 23–24 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35065177

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