superconductivity
noun
su·per·con·duc·tiv·i·ty
ˌsü-pər-ˌkän-ˌdək-ˈti-və-tē 
-kən-
: a complete disappearance of electrical resistance in a substance especially at very low temperatures
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But Dias continued to claim that the superconductivity was present.
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John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 May 2023
For example, one recent paper on high-temperature superconductivity was pulled because the researcher couldn't explain the mathematical transformations that were performed on data before it being graphed—the graph itself only appeared once in the paper.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
Physicists soon realized that high-temperature superconductivity was only the beginning of the mysterious behavior of the cuprates.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
The summer of room-temperature superconductivity was short-lived.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
Extraordinary claims that did not survive scrutiny have long plagued the field of superconductivity.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 27 July 2023
One is the effectiveness of science’s self-corrective process: Researchers into superconductivity raised questions about the Dias paper starting almost immediately after its publication.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
The more hydrogen, the better for superconductivity, physicists believe.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
Much of the excitement is focused on ‘super-hydrides’— hydrogen-rich materials that have shown superconductivity at ever-higher temperatures, as long as they are kept at high pressure.
—Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American, 17 Nov. 2023
John Timmer, Ars Technica, 16 May 2023
For example, one recent paper on high-temperature superconductivity was pulled because the researcher couldn't explain the mathematical transformations that were performed on data before it being graphed—the graph itself only appeared once in the paper.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2024
Physicists soon realized that high-temperature superconductivity was only the beginning of the mysterious behavior of the cuprates.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Nov. 2023
The summer of room-temperature superconductivity was short-lived.
—John Timmer, Ars Technica, 6 Sep. 2023
Extraordinary claims that did not survive scrutiny have long plagued the field of superconductivity.
—Dan Garisto, Scientific American, 27 July 2023
One is the effectiveness of science’s self-corrective process: Researchers into superconductivity raised questions about the Dias paper starting almost immediately after its publication.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
The more hydrogen, the better for superconductivity, physicists believe.
—Quanta Magazine, 8 Mar. 2023
Much of the excitement is focused on ‘super-hydrides’— hydrogen-rich materials that have shown superconductivity at ever-higher temperatures, as long as they are kept at high pressure.
—Davide Castelvecchi, Scientific American, 17 Nov. 2023
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