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How do superconductors work? A physicist explains what it means to have resistance-free electricity

  • Written by Mishkat Bhattacharya, Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Rochester Institute of Technology
imageMagnetic levitation is just one of the interesting attributes that make superconductors so interesting.Mark Garlick/Science Photo Library vie Getty Images

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