Superconducting Ink Boosts Efficiency of Solar Water Heaters

Mexican researchers developed a superconducting ink, containing nano particles, which can boost the efficiency of solar water heaters by as much as seventy percent. Solar...

German Researcher & Team Debunk Room Temperature Superconductors

I remember reading about how superconductors were to revolutionize transportation, computing, telecommunications, energy and industry.  I also remember with amazement the time I made...
Maglev train prototype inside partially-evacuated tube could improve cross-country transportation efficiency.

Chinese Super-MagLev Train Could Reach 1,800 MPH

The Applied Superconductivity Laboratory of Southwest Jiaotong University, China, says that its new Super-Maglev train could reach speeds of up to 1,800 mph, but...
This razor-thin superconductor could have huge benefits.

Superconductor Levitation, “Kinda Fun,” and Useful? [Video]

Aside from use in the LHC superconductors have application in the real world. After all, no one really needs a hadron collider in their...
Generator Inside the Nacelle of a Wind Turbine, Could Benefit from Superconductor

High-Performance Superconductors Developed, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Superconductors typically find their way into power generation and transmission applications, where losses are unacceptable or great amounts of current are needed to flow. When...

SUPRAPOWER Project to Develop Superconductor Wind Turbines for EU

Despite the clean energy provided by wind turbines, they remain expensive to build and install, especially the offshore type. To help reduce this cost,...

Solar Cells and Supercapacitors Improved by New 3D Germanium Sulfide Nanostructure

Next-generation supercapacitors and solar cells could be improved by a newly-created germanium sulfide (GeS) nanomaterial resembling a shish-kebab. North Carolina State University researchers put up...

Superconductor Resistivity Reduced by New Discovery

An international team of researchers from Russia, Spain, Belgium, the U.K. and the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory has discovered groundbreaking...
HSST Ma-Lev Train in Japan - Okazaki Minami Park - Future mag-levs could benefit from uranium-based superconducting materials.

Uranium-Based Material Could Lead to Better Superconductors

Mention uranium, and you may think of two applications right off the bat, nuclear power generation and atomic weapons. These two things may bring...

Breakthrough Iron-Based Superconductors Pave the Way for Energy-Intensive Technologies

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory scientists have developed an iron-based high performance superconducting wire, paving the way for some of...