It's Official: Physicists Just Set a New Superconducting Temperature Record
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University of Houston physicists achieved superconductivity at −122.15°C under ambient pressure, breaking a 33-year record (previously −140.15°C) and raising the temperature by more than 20 degrees Celsius through pressure-quenching techniques on a cuprate superconductor material.
The material still requires temperatures far below freezing; practical room-temperature superconductors remain a future goal.
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