Superconductivity can induce magnetism.

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Montreal, September 11, 2008 u When an electrical current passes through a wire it emanates heat u a principle that's found in toasters and incandescent light bulbs. Some materials, at low temperatures, violate this law and carry current without any heat loss. But this seemingly trivial property, superconductivity, is now at the forefront of our understanding of physics.

In the September 11 edition of the prestigious journal Science, Andrea Bianchi, a professor in the Department of Physics at the Universite de Montreal, ...

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