Researchers pin creep, boost HTS material performance. (high-temperature superconductivity)

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Researchers pin creep, boost HTS material performance

THE BARRIERS to high-temperature superconductivity are falling.

Recently, a team of scientists from Stanford (CA) Univ. showed that thin films of yttrium barium copper oxide (YBaCuO) can maintain large electrical currents without any measurable degradation. The experiment proves that these HTS materials have the current holding capacity of low-temperature superconductors.

The key to good superconductor performance is the material's ability to avoid problems from quantized…