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Re:Evidence for superconductivity above 260 K at megabar pre... by elcritch on Monday September 02, 2019 @02:07PM (#20860810)
Good point on the state. One good thing from such research results even if impractical itself can yield good targets for future research. If it’s a matter of geometry or crystal lattice spacing from the pressure an alternate formulation might be able to make a meta-stable structure that induces superconductance. Perhaps there’s another part of the state diagram that could be modified.
Re:Evidence for superconductivity above 260 K at megabar pre... by Svoka on Tuesday September 03, 2019 @05:18AM (#20864869)
Indeed. It is important to pursue research even if there is no immediate benefit from it. In this case it is even touching on a gateway technology I would call marvellous. Stable high temperature superconductor material would change so much.