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Woodstock of physics revisited

Ten years have passed since the now famous American Physical Society meeting that heard the first breathless accounts of high-temperature superconductivity. Now, in calmer times, practical applications are emerging.

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Grant, P. Woodstock of physics revisited. Nature 386, 115–118 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/386115a0

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