Friday, October 21, 2011

Superconductivity video goes viral


Today Ben Powell gave a great colloquium at UQ on 100 years of superconductivity. During it he showed this great video. A shorter version went viral on the internet receiving more than 3 million views within less than a week of being posted!
It is great to see superconductivity is so popular.
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