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Superconductivity record sparks wave of follow-up physics
Hydrogen sulfide — the compound responsible for the smell of rotten eggs — conducts electricity with zero resistance at a record high temperature of 203 kelvin (–70 °C), reports a paper published today in Nature1. The first results of the work, which represents a historic step towards finding a room-temperature superconductor, were released on the arXiv preprint server in December2 and followed up by more in June 3.
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It's funny how scientists are are drying damned near anything to get to the superconductor goal. A recent story reported they were dunking it in wine and got a performance boost. So, eventually we'll have mostly-room temperature superconductors smelling like red wine and rotten farts. (not gonna make the obvious OP's mom joke here ;)
Yay science!