Superconductor Breakthrough Could Power New Advances -w/ VID

physorg.com — The first batch of a new range of powerful superconductors which could revolutionize the production of machines like hospital MRI scanners and protect the national grid has been developed by scientists. Jul 11, 2010 View in Crawl 4

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ctech4285 Jul 11, 2010

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buried lag of details...

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chijim70 Jul 11, 2010

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Watch the video!

sadmartigan Jul 11, 2010

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lag?

Closed Account Jul 12, 2010

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I hate when I can't get a decent ping on my details.

cougar3429 Jul 12, 2010

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timed out

chijim70 Jul 11, 2010

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Only 10 more years! lol

joeliar Jul 11, 2010

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Basically, the material YBCO works at the liquid nitrogen temps instead of helium. Liquid nitrogen is dead cheap, plentiful, and easy to produce. This reduces the cost of using of superconductors dramatically. They also reduced the cost of production of the superconductor as well. Yes, it's big news.

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iambs Jul 12, 2010

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Well the big news is only the manufacturing technique because other superconductors that work with liquid nitrogen have been available for years and make nice demos for science classes. But now having a superconductor that's one solid mass/grain is amazing. Can't wait to ride on a frictionless train