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Why superconductor research is in a ‘golden age’ — despite controversy

Last week’s retraction dealt a blow to the search for room-temperature superconductivity, but physicists are optimistic about the field’s future.
  1. Davide Castelvecchi
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A Nature retraction last week has put to rest the latest claim of room-temperature superconductivity — in which researchers said they had made a material that could conduct electricity without producing waste heat and without refrigeration1.

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doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-03551-z

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