Hole-y Superconductor (IMAGE)

Brown University

Hole-y Superconductor

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Tiny holes punched into a high-temperature superconducting material revealed that Cooper pairs, electron duos that enable superconductivity, can also conduct electricity the way metals do.

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Valles lab / Brown University

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