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SUMMARY:Four decades of High-Temperature Superconductivity: The road towar
 ds an energy efficient technology
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DESCRIPTION:Speakers: Georg Bednorz\n\nMore than half a century would pass
  after the discovery of superconductivity before the development of materi
 als had reached a stage that made technological applications possible. Thu
 s\, in the late 1970s\, a technology emerged which enabled the development
  of high-performance magnets and led to significant progress in solid-stat
 e research and medical diagnostics. For decades after the discovery in 191
 1 search for materials with higher critical temperatures had only moderate
  success\, so superconductivity remained a low-temperature phenomenon.\nA 
 paradigm shift in the research strategy for new materials—shifting from 
 metals to oxides—led to the discovery of high-temperature superconductiv
 ity in a new class of materials and gave the field of research new momentu
 m. After the discovery\, almost four decades of research and development t
 urned the new Cu-oxide-based superconductors into high-performance materia
 ls that are now the foundation of a superconductor industry. With its comp
 elling advantages in the generation\, transmission\, and distribution of e
 lectrical energy and for efficient industrial processes\, superconductor t
 echnology has the potential to impact the entire energy sector. Here it wo
 uld make a significant contribution to the transition to an all-electric s
 ociety and to combat the environmental problems associated with climate ch
 ange. Despite successful demonstrations in prototype machines and in vario
 us industrial processes\, the truly large-scale implementation of the new 
 superconductors as a real gamechanger is still low.\n \nCoffee and tea wi
 ll be served at 16h\nOrganised by : Matthew Chalmers\n \n \n\nhttps://i
 ndico.cern.ch/event/1696285/\n\nZoom: https://cern.zoom.us/j/65386300855?p
 wd=uw8bHGlU2su819Y8WHOozHgpdT3Iwa.1
LOCATION:500/1-001 - Main Auditorium (CERN)
URL:https://indico.cern.ch/event/1696285/
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