for super conductor research four noble prizes been given so far. it
seems nothing concrete has come out so far. i would like to know
detailed informations about it's devlopment on all counts. thanks

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The Superconductors.org website follows developments and research in
this field thoroughly. The page we are referencing shows the latest
news, research and products utilizing the concepts of
superconductivity.

Before presenting the links to the news, the website notes the following:

?Between 1986 and 1994 most advances in the field of superconductivity
related to the discovery of new superconductor "systems" and
compounds. In recent years, except for the discovery of additional
elements that will superconduct under extreme high pressure,
superconductor news has been mainly about novel ways to employ the new
ceramic superconductors, innovative fabricating techniques and
atypical superconductors.?

You can find the latest news in the ?Superconductor News? link.

?Superconductor News?
http://www.superconductors.org/News.htm 


If you want to view about the researches made from 1986 to 2001, you
can read about the significant developments in our next page.

?The History of Superconductors?
http://www.superconductors.org/History.htm 


The ?Articles and Reference Materials? of our next link also has some
news links from 2003 to 1999 superconductor developments.

?Superconductors A Guide to Resources on the Web?
http://www.shahlimar.com/superconductor/


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Clarification of Answer by easterangel-ga on 16 May 2005 12:48 PDT

Thanks hfshaw-ga for a wonderful comment.

I was actually able to find an online version of the article in PDF
format. Just click on the link below.

"High-Temperature Cuprate Superconductors Get to Work" by Alexis P.
Malozemoff, Jochen Mannhart, and Douglas Scalapino
http://www.physik.uni-augsburg.de/exp6/news/Physics%20Today%20HTS%20Applications.pdf

Thanks again!

It's not available on the web unless you subscribe to the print
edition, but the April 2005 issue of Physics Today has a nice review
article that covers exactly this question.  The article is entitled
"High-Temperature Cuprate Superconductors Get to Work"  (Discovered
two decades ago, these complex materials are poised to enter the
commercial marketplace in a number of unanticipated applications.)",
by Malozemoff, Mannhart, and Scalapino.  See
http://www.physicstoday.org/pt/vol-58/iss-4/contents.html.

A relevant paragraph, to give you a sense of what's in the article:

"Now, nearly two decades after the Time report, it is interesting to
see which HTS applications are in fact entering our world. (See
Physics Today, March 1995, page 20.) They do indeed include cables,
motors, and SQUIDs. But the HTS applications leading the charge to
commercialization were not even mentioned in the early Time article
and even today are not widely recognized: They are dynamic synchronous
condensers for electric power-grid stabilization, microwave filters
for wireless-communication base stations, and specialized research
magnet systems."