A Conversation for Super-cooling and a Brief History of Temperature

Uses for Superconductivity

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Felonious Monk - h2g2s very own Bogeyman

...far exceed merely levitating trains. Ever heard of a SQUID? Ever been in an MRI scanner? Ever wondered how the rocket engines of the future will work? Or what might eventually replace silicon transistors in computers? Watch this space for further news about this (rather useful) phenomenon.


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