A previous similar study was met with skepticism, but scientists now say they’ve proven it and more, The Independent reports.
So what do these explanations mean?
The Independent shares the following information:
This discovery marks a breakthrough that scientists have been pursuing for more than a century in producing a material that can conduct electricity without resistance and pass magnetic fields around matter.
The discovery of this substance could lead to power grids that can transmit energy smoothly and save up to 200 million megawatts per hour of energy currently lost due to resistance. This technology could also contribute to the long-awaited process of nuclear fusion, which could create unlimited energy.
Other areas of application include airborne high-speed trains and new types of medical equipment, the researchers say.
The new substance was described in a paper titled “Evidence of near-ambient superconductivity in a N-doped lutetium hydride” published in Nature the previous day.
The item was named “reddmatter” (red matter) because of its color and in reference to an item from Star Trek. The name of the item was found during the manufacturing process. The scientists found that the substance surprisingly became “very bright red” as it was produced.
According to the report, Professor Ranga Dias and his team obtained the substance by taking a rare earth metal called lutetium and mixing it with hydrogen and some nitrogen. The substances in the mixture were then allowed to react at elevated temperatures for two or three days.
According to the article, the compound was azure. But then it was under very high pressure when it turned from blue to pink while reaching superconductivity. Then it turned crimson again in its non-superconducting metallic state.
“A path to significant improvements in magnetic confinement for superconducting consumer electronics, energy transfer lines, transport and fusion is now real,” Professor Dias said in a statement. We believe we are now in the era of modern superconductivity.
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