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# 1 | Daryl McCullough | April 11, 2008 1:30 PM
Chad, here's a challenge for a dedicated explainer of science: explain what the heck that article about superconductivity is about. (Where's the Glue)
I vaguely understand the low-temperature superconductors, with the Cooper pairs and all, but high-temperature superconductors don't make any sense to me, and that article didn't help much.
# 2 | CCPhysicist | April 12, 2008 3:43 PM
Really short answer: that experimental article was not attempting to explain high-Tc superconductors. Longer answer: see what I just posted on my blog.
http://doctorpion.blogspot.com/2008/04/superconductivity-press-release.html
It really takes a picture to tell the story.