yet another superconductor breakthrough

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Postby scythe » 2009.05.19 (04:59)

http://www.superconductors.org/242K.htm

-24 fahrenheit, shit, I've felt that outside. I could probably make my freezer run at that temperature, if I wanted. At this point, deployment in certain places (hospitals?) is almost - if not already - feasible.
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Postby t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư » 2009.05.19 (06:40)

Maybe this could be used to make MRI machines substantially less bulky / expensive?
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Postby SlappyMcGee » 2009.05.19 (13:25)

Very awesome. And people say that our generation hasn't invented anything useful. Trivial Pursuit 90's AND this?
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