Not Just for Fuel Anymore: Hydrocarbons Can Superconduct, Too
Wednesday, March 3, 2010 - 16:49
in Physics & Chemistry
Superconductivity is one of those nearly magical properties that seem to defy all intuition for how the physical world ought to work. In a superconductor, electric currents flow without resistance --an electron passes unimpeded through the material like a torpedo through some frictionless ocean.