StarEmperor writes “A team of Canadian and German scientists have fabricated a room-temperature superconductor, using a highly compressed silicon-hydrogen compound. According to the article,”The researchers claim that the new material could sidestep the cooling requirement, thereby enabling superconducting wires that work at room temperature.””

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