superconductor
noun
su·per·con·duc·tor
ˌsü-pər-kən-ˈdək-tər 
plural superconductors
: a substance that exhibits no electrical resistance : a substance exhibiting superconductivity
Add a layer of aluminum oxide to a crystal made of neatly stacked soccer-ball shaped carbon molecules known as buckyballs, and the result is a superconductor that effortlessly carries electricity at relatively warm temperatures.—
Kenneth Chang
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Familiar metals like tin and mercury become superconductors only when chilled to within a few degrees of absolute zero.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
Basically, a superconductor is a type of material with a special property: Electric current passes through it with zero resistance, meaning no energy gets lost along the way.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2023
This avoids the complex machinery needed to cool superconductors in each vehicle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2023
Engineers can do that by reducing the accelerator’s energy loss with the judicious application of superconductors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2023
For the past two weeks, superconductor labs around the world have rushed to create LK-99, a new material that South Korean scientists claimed was a room-temperature and ambient-pressure superconductor.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
But physicists urged caution: Previous claims of room-temperature superconductors haven’t panned out.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2023
The eventual success of fusion might very well depend on the effectiveness of these higher-temperature superconductors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2023
Because this demon likely exists at room temperatures, this discovery could help scientists better understand high-temperature superconductors.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
Quanta Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
Basically, a superconductor is a type of material with a special property: Electric current passes through it with zero resistance, meaning no energy gets lost along the way.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2023
This avoids the complex machinery needed to cool superconductors in each vehicle.
—IEEE Spectrum, 12 May 2023
Engineers can do that by reducing the accelerator’s energy loss with the judicious application of superconductors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Sep. 2023
For the past two weeks, superconductor labs around the world have rushed to create LK-99, a new material that South Korean scientists claimed was a room-temperature and ambient-pressure superconductor.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 9 Aug. 2023
But physicists urged caution: Previous claims of room-temperature superconductors haven’t panned out.
—Caroline Mimbs Nyce, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2023
The eventual success of fusion might very well depend on the effectiveness of these higher-temperature superconductors.
—IEEE Spectrum, 31 Dec. 2023
Because this demon likely exists at room temperatures, this discovery could help scientists better understand high-temperature superconductors.
—Darren Orf, Popular Mechanics, 14 Aug. 2023
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