Research Suggests Novel Superconductor Is In a Powerful Class All Its Own

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A hybrid scanning laser plus color confocal microscope image of a cleaved fluorine-doped lanthanum oxide iron arsenide sample. Credit: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory
A hybrid scanning laser plus color confocal microscope image of a cleaved fluorine-doped lanthanum oxide iron arsenide sample. Credit: National High Magnetic Field Laboratory

Superconductivity has perplexed, astounded and inspired scientists ever since it was discovered in 1911. Now, in the latest of a century of surprises, researchers at the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University have discovered unusual properties in a novel superconducting material that point to an entirely new kind of superconductor.


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