Superconductor Breakthrough -- What's Up With That?

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Correction to what I say at 2:24 -- If you look sharply at the colour code, the transition temperature in the graph DROPS with increasing pressure, contrary to what I say. The explanation in the text of the paper is: "Tc... increases with pressure from 171 K at around 5 kbar until it peaks at 294 K at around 10 kbar. The 10-kbar turning point in the superconducting dome is followed by a reduction in Tc to approximately 200 K before about 30 kbar." -- Ie, what I say isn't exactly wrong, but doesn't fit to the figure. Sorry about that :/

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00:00 Intro
00:34 Superconductor Breakthrough -- Again
04:29 New Clues About the Origin Of Water
07:24 Best Ever Model Of Geological Past
08:37 Academic Freedom Index 2023
11:40 Moon Photographed With Meta-lens
14:02 Hybrid Coral Reefs in Miami
15:10 Founding of the Origins Federation
16:57 Carbon Storage Opens in Denmark
18:22 Nautilus Special Offer

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