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The Importance of Room Temperature Superconductors

A superconductor is a material that has no electrical resistance inside of it and also that expels its magnetic fields. They are very important for things like nuclear fusion reactors and particle accelerators, as well as maglev trains. But they have their own kind of inefficiency priced in because you've got to cool them down so much.

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