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High-temperature superconductivity

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The discovery of predicted collective electronic behaviour in copper-oxide superconductors in the non-superconducting state provides clues to unlocking the 24-year-old mystery of high-temperature superconductivity. See Letter p.283

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Figure 1: Phase diagram of the cuprates.
Figure 2: Loop-current electronic order.

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