All over the world news outlets reflect on the remarkable achievements made possible by the discovery of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes on 8 April 1911. from BBC 18 April 2011 Superconductors got hot 25 years ago Superconductivity is a hundred years old this month, and a way to make it accessible turned 25 this week. But […]
Happy 100th Anniversary, Superconductivity
This year marks the centenary of the discovery of superconductivity, the property that allows us to focus bunches and bend beams, opening the way to probe the most basic principles of the universe. Without it, there would be little talk of accelerating gradients, quality factors or large colliders. In this issue, we celebrate the weird […]
Superconductivity in ILC NewsLine
Look back on superconducting technology’s contribution to the International Linear Collider and particle physics in back issues of ILC NewsLine. 22 April 2010 Superconducting cavities could help reducing nuclear waste radio-toxicity 28 January 2010 Successful beginning of S1 global at KEK 26 February 2009 Past successes in superconducting RF are a good omen for the […]
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