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New research challenges existing theories of superconductivity with the discovery of an abrupt transition to an insulator ...

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Superconductivity is a fascinating phenomenon in which certain materials exhibit zero electrical resistance and expel magnetic fields below a characteristic temperature, known as the critical ...