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Dewar and Fleming predict Superconductivity
1908
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Onnes Liquefies Helium with the Linde Machine
1908
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Onnes Discovers Superconductivity from 0 Resistance of Mercury
1911
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Haas and Keesom discover superconductivity in an Alloy
1931
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Meissner and Ochsenfeld discover the expulsion of the magnetic field (Meissner Effect)
1933
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BCS Theory Published
1957
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Josephson predicts that a current will pass between two superconductors separated by an insulating barrier
1962
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Superconductivity discovered in salt (first organic material at ambient pressure) by Klaus Bechgaard
1981
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Superconductivity in a Ceramic material discovered at 30 degrees kelvin
1986
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Paul Chu discovers superconductivity at 93 degrees kelvin in a compound called YBCO (containing copper, oxygen and barium)
1987
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Jun Akimitsu announces Magnesium Diboride (cheap chemical) is a superconductor at 39 degrees kelvin
2001
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Discovery of a method of isolating superconductors from non-superconducting materials.
2005
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Hosono discovers an iron compound that is a superconductor
2006
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Record superconductivity near 175 degrees kelvin has been found
2007
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Signs of superconductivity over 212K in a tin copper oxide superconductor
2008
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Observations of Superconductivity at 254 degrees Kelvin
2010
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CERN confirms Magnesium Diboride a good choice for conduction of current up to 20,000A over long distance (further tests to take place)
2014
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German Physicists achieve superconductivity at room temperature!
2014
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Researchers at the University of Houston have reported a new method for inducing superconductivity in non-superconducting materials
October 2016
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