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superconducting

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[soo-per-kuhn-duhkt-ing] / ˌsu pər kənˈdʌkt ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. displaying almost perfect conductivity, or no electrical resistance.


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Crucially, researchers estimate that breaking the elliptic curve cryptography protecting Bitcoin and most major cryptos could require fewer than 500,000 physical qubits on a superconducting quantum computer.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

The medical industry uses it to cool the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

This outcome rules out several existing theories and places strong limits on the types of superconducting states that remain viable.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

This more complex form can produce unusual effects such as internal magnetic fields or multiple superconducting regions existing at once.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

This," Scott said handing a piece of ceramic material to Ty, "is superconducting material.

From Terminal Compromise: computer terrorism: when privacy and freedom are the victims: a novel by Schwartau, Winn