“Graphene is the miracle cream of the physics world, with scientists all across the globe looking to unlock its powers,” Daniel Cooper reports for Engadget. “Researchers at the University of Cambridge believe they’ve found a way to transform the substance into a superconductor.”
“Superconductors are nothing new, of course, but they normally have to be cooled to very low temperatures to be effective,” Cooper reports. “In this experiment, however, the materials were left at the current temperature. ”
Cooper reports, “Now, like so many graphene projects, it’s still early days, but if it works, it could up-end the way we build electronics forever.”
Read more in the full article here.
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OMG that quote sounds like they have room temperature superconductivity. No, they don’t. Read the article: http://www.nature.com/articles/ncomms14024
People have been depositing graphene on to all sorts of substrates since its discovery. As someone with a background and patent in the field of superconductivity, let me say this is the most over-blown scientific press release I have ever seen.
Wow, stick graphene on a low-Tc superconductor (25 K!) and you see some superconductivity. Duuuuh.
Give a little slack. It’s not THE Cooper….. 😉
Apparently the “current” temperature was rather cold! I wondered at the use of “current” rather than “ambient” or a specific temperature value…
Maybe it was a pun 😉
That would be awesome if this could be used for the new JR Maglev they’re building between Tokyo and Osaka (and a plan exists between Washington and New York as well). Right now, they have to use liquid nitrogen to keep the super conductor cool enough.
-452 degrees…this test was not at room temp..
What do you mean by “plan”. Do you mean vague dream? Funded and engineered plan with feasable and affordable right of ways? Or what?
Yes it starts operating within a few months of the pigsmightfly project being proposed by Elon Musk.