I’m a Scientist is like school science lessons meet the X Factor! School students choose which scientist gets a prize of $1000 to communicate their work.
Scientists and students talk on this website. They both break down barriers, have fun and learn. But only the students get to vote.
This zone is the Boron Zone. It has a range of scientists studying all different topics. Who gets the prize? YOU decide!
Good question. Superconductivity is a form of superfluidity – and that is potentially useful as it means we could transfer electricity more efficiently over long distances if scientists can make it happen at everyday temperatures (we’ve got from -240 C to -110 C in the last 25 years). People have also talked about building magnetic levitating trains using superconductors:
As for the superfluidity of ultra-cold atoms : it is potentially useful in making very high precision “inertial sensors” that can detect acceleration and rotation – so could be used for navigation in places where GPS isn’t available (such as for submarines). But that is still a little way off in to the future.
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