Typical high-voltage transmission traces lose a portion of the electrical power as warmth
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Final 12 months, researchers in South Korea made a splash after claiming to have found a room-temperature superconductor that they referred to as LK99. One cause for the joy was that such a cloth might allow ultra-efficient energy traces, serving to distribute the gigawatts of fresh electrical energy now coming on-line whereas minimising the quantity of latest infrastructure wanted.
LK99 proved to be a flop, and…
