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How new are the new superconductors?

Science: Do iron-and-arsenic superconductors work the same way as the older, inscrutable copper-and-oxygen compounds? Early evidence points both ways.

Related Physics Today article
New family of quaternary iron-based compounds superconducts at tens of kelvin (May 2008)

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