Physicists hunt for room-temperature superconductors that could revolutionize the world's energy system
- Written by Pegor Aynajian, Associate Professor of Physics, Binghamton University, State University of New York
Wind turbines and solar panels in Southern California.4kodiak/E+ via Getty ImagesWaste heat is all around you. On a small scale, if your phone or laptop feels warm, that’s because some of the energy powering the device is being transformed into unwanted heat.
On a larger scale, electric grids, such as high power lines, lose over 5% of their...