Many superconductors are rendered almost useless by the motion of string-like magnetic vortices. But because these vortices are hard to cut, it may be possible to pin them down using some very old techniques.
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Nelson, D. A new age for type-II superconductors?. Nature 385, 675–676 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/385675a0
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