Under Enormous Pressure, a New Superconductor Star Is Born
Vasudevan Mukunth
May 25, 2019
May 25, 2019
When subject to a force of 1.6 million atmospheres, lanthanum hydride becomes a superconductor at just 23º C below zero – the highest such (uncontroversial) temperature achieved thus far.
A magnet levitates above a superconductor, in a demonstration of the Meissner effect. Credit: Mai-Linh Doan/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
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