[CP5670]

I need to read as many of these science-related articles as I can find in the next month or so. I got into the finalist round in the Intel STS competition ($5000 and a free computer so far ) but the problem is that many of the judges for the next round don't know anything about your field, so instead they apparently quiz you on current science issues in general, unrelated to the project material, and I don't know much about what's going on outside of my own fields of interest.

[karajorma]

Originally posted by mikhael

In theory, sure. In reality, not even close. Carl is dead on the money here.

Yeah. I did some looking on the net and while superconductors are 100% efficient with low currents at higher currents they become less efficient.

I agree with you that this is a big step forward in understanding superconductors. Most likely the knowledge gained from studying these things will be plugged back into making better superconductors from the rare earth compound though rather than using fermion condensates directly as you say.