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Physicists Find a Superconductor That 'Breaks' The Symmetry of Time – A First For Its Kind
Under certain conditions – such as bone-brittling temperatures lower than that of deep space – superconductors can conduct electricity without resistance and resultant energy loss.
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Physicists describe superconductors as materials that can conduct electricity without resistance when cooled to extremely low temperatures, even colder than deep space. They explain that superconductors fall into two classifications: conventional versus unconventional, based on how electrons pair into Cooper pairs, and type I versus type II, based on their magnetic field response and the point at which they cease superconductivity. Unconventional, type II superconductors are portrayed as the most exotic, likened to “Lamborghinis” for their demanding engineering and potential use in applications such as MRI machines.
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