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First room-temperature superconductor excites — and baffles — scientists

A compound of hydrogen, carbon and sulfur has broken a symbolic barrier — but its high pressure conditions make it difficult to analyse.
  1. Davide Castelvecchi
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Scientists have created a mystery material that seems to conduct electricity without any resistance at temperatures of up to about 15 °C. That’s a new record for superconductivity, a phenomenon usually associated with very cold temperatures. The material itself is poorly understood, but it shows the potential of a class of superconductors discovered in 2015.

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Nature 586, 349 (2020)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-020-02895-0

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