
Scandium breaks temperature record for elemental superconductors
Researchers push transition element's critical temperature to 30 K at ultrahigh pressures, breaking their previous record for the same material
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Researchers push transition element's critical temperature to 30 K at ultrahigh pressures, breaking their previous record for the same material
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