China has launched its first high‑temperature superconducting low‑voltage DC cable in Suzhou, demonstrating a 70% reduction in line loss compared to AC cables and showcasing domestically produced YBCO tape and a compact coaxial design for future power grid upgrades.
Recent claims that South Korean researchers have created LK‑99, a material exhibiting superconductivity at room temperature and ambient pressure, have sparked worldwide excitement and skepticism, prompting numerous replication attempts, debates over experimental validity, and discussions of its potential revolutionary impact on technologies such as maglev transport and quantum computing.
Yuan Cao, a 25‑year‑old physicist dubbed the “Nature狂魔,” has won the 2021 William L. McMillan Award for his groundbreaking work on twisted bilayer graphene superconductivity and boasts nine publications in Nature and Science, making him one of the youngest and most prolific researchers in condensed‑matter physics.
