Superconductivity News
World's longest superconductor cable
The "AmpaCity" project has been kicked off: The RWE Group and its partners are just about to replace a 1-kilometre-long high-voltage cable connecting two transformer stations in the Ruhr city ...
Thu 19 Jan 12 from PhysOrg
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Success in Realizing Superconductivity in Fullerene Nanowhiskers(2)
The National Institute for Materials Science succeeded in realizing superconductivity in fullerene nanowhiskers, which are a nanosized carbon material that is lightweight and has a fine fibrous ...
Thu 5 Jan 12 from R&D Mag
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Super-thin Superconducting Cables
New compact cables show promise for power transmission and high-field magnets. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have found a way to make high-temperature ...
Tue 22 Feb 11 from MIT Technology Review
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SuperPower and UH sign high temperature superconducting wire license agreements
The University of Houston (UH) executed two license agreements with SuperPower, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Royal Philips Electronics. One agreement covers the intellectual property on second ...
Wed 31 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Japanese scientists use alcoholic drinks to induce superconductivity
Japanese researchers have been immersing iron-based compounds in hot alcoholic beverages such as red wine, sake and shochu to induce superconductivity.
Mon 7 Mar 11 from PhysOrg
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Hydrocarbon superconductor created
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists from Okayama University in Japan have discovered that the hydrocarbon picene can be made to superconduct when potassium atoms are interspersed with the picene crystals ...
Wed 10 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
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Red wine offers clue to superconductive future
Japanese scientists at a boozy office party stumbled across a discovery they hope will help revolutionise efficient energy transmission one day: red wine makes a metal compound superconductive.
Fri 13 May 11 from The Independent
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Researchers discovers how strain at grain boundaries suppresses high-temperature superconductivity
Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered that a reduction in mechanical strain at the boundaries of crystal grains can significantly improve the ...
Wed 17 Jun 09 from PhysOrg
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Pinning Down Superconductivity to a Single Layer
(PhysOrg.com) -- Using precision techniques for making superconducting thin films layer-by-layer, physicists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have identified ...
Thu 29 Oct 09 from PhysOrg
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A Superconducting Surge Protector for the Grid
Mon 28 Nov 11 from IEEE Spectrum
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