Take quantum vortices, which are basically whirlpools of angular momentum in materials like superconductors and superfluids, giving them strange properties.
Second, there's the possibility of using the carbon in the atmosphere to generate electricity via graphene-powered superconductors or synthetic photosynthesis.
It's hoped such research will help create materials which could be used in new generations of electronics and superconductors, or in quantum computers.
Because studying shifts from three to two dimensions could help make better superconductors and better superconductors could mean more efficient magnetic trains, lower electricity bills and faster computers.
We call these materials superconductors, and trust me when I say that research into these materials is a very important -- and lucrative -- field of study.
All the other superconductors we’ve discovered only work at very low temperatures, but one that works at room temperature would revolutionize the power industry by making it way more efficient to transfer electricity.
And if we could figure out how to make this stuff, it would be incredibly useful: It’s thought that metallic hydrogen would be a superconductor at room temperature, meaning that it would be perfectly conduct electricity.
When you have a type 2 superconductor in a powerful magnetic field. you get this thing called the Meissner effect, which means that you can actually lock on to it and hold it in place and manipulate it.
They also haven’t checked if the material is conductive, or even if it’s actually solid — which are pretty important tests if you think you’ve made a solid metallic superconductor.