Abstract
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has launched a new initiative to speed U.S. research on superconducting materials. The new effort includes two programs: one for basic research on superconducting materials, sponsored by NSF's Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and one for research on ways to process these materials into useful forms, sponsored by the Directorate for Engineering.Superconducting materials can carry electricity without loss from resistance. Recent research breakthroughs have brought to light new “high‐temperature” superconducting materials that can function above the boiling point of nitrogen (77 K or −196°C) and may lead to commercial applications in areas such as electric power generation and distribution, microelectronics, remote sensing, medical diagnostic systems, and transportation (Eos, March 24, 1987, p. 161).
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