# Exotic New Superconductors Delight and Confound ![rw-book-cover](https://www.quantamagazine.org/wp-content/themes/quanta2024/frontend/images/favicon.png) ## Metadata - Author: [[Charlie Wood]] - Full Title: Exotic New Superconductors Delight and Confound - Category: #articles - Summary: Three new species of superconductivity were spotted this year, illustrating the myriad ways electrons can join together to form a frictionless quantum soup. The post Exotic New Superconductors Delight and Confound first appeared on Quanta Magazine - URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/exotic-new-superconductors-delight-and-confound-20241206/ ## Highlights - If physicists could fully understand how and when the phenomenon arises, perhaps they could engineer a wire that superconducts electricity under everyday conditions rather than exclusively at low temperatures, as is currently the case. World-altering technologies — lossless power grids, magnetically levitating vehicles — might follow. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jeh0fgr8yafft021p6s3d163))