Quantum 'Traffic Jam' Revealed: Findings May Help Get Current Flowing At Higher Temperatures

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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory, in collaboration with colleagues at Cornell University, Tokyo University, the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Colorado, have uncovered the first experimental evidence for why the transition temperature of high-temperature superconductors -- the temperature at which these materials carry electrical current with no resistance -- cannot simply be elevated by increasing the electrons' binding energy.

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http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827163814.htm

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/08/080827163814.htm