New Paper Confirms Near-Room-Temperature Superconductivity in Wild, Hydrogen-Rich Material
Since then, scientists have worked to increase the temperature at which materials turn into superconductors, since these materials could transfer electricity more cheaply and have important uses in the medical and quantum computing fields. The team, led by physicist Mikhail Eremets from the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, kicked off the most recent race for a high-temperature superconducting hydride in 2015, when they published a paper announcing the discovery of superconductivity at -70 Celsius (-94 Fahrenheit). And there are other teams around the world working to find materials that turn into superconductors at even higher temperatures or lower pressures, which would make them practical to use in modern technology.
Source: gizmodo.com