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Article: New Materials Developed to Carry Electricity Without Energy Loss
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- April 5, 1987
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Physicists in the United States and overseas have opened what
they call a new frontier in technology: the development of everyday
materials that will carry electricity without losing energy.
Scientists say the substances-called superconductors-will have
vast applications for medical diagnoses and commercial electronics,
and could help power high-speed trains suspended in magnetic fields
and guide particle-beam weapons.
Most important, the materials could eventually save billions of
dollars in energy costs by retaining the enormous amount of the
world's electricity lost in transmission lines.
"We are standing on the edge of a revolution," said Brian B.
Schwartz, professor of physics at ...