Researchers Say They've Created Superconductors At Room Temperature (4 minute read)
Researchers at the University of Rochester have created a superconducting material at room temperature and feasible levels of pressure. While superconductivity is already used in MRI machines, mass spectrometers, and particle accelerators, materials typically have to be kept at extremely low temperatures, making them difficult, impractical, and costly to maintain. By producing a material that exhibits superconductivity at 69 degrees Fahrenheit and ten kilobars of pressure, which is the pressure common in microchip factories, this breakthrough could lead to more cost-effective and consumer-friendly applications of superconductivity including in areas such as consumer electronics, energy transfer lines, transportation, and magnetic confinement for fusion energy.