Superconductivity: the first 100 years
Who: Dr John Macfarlane, CSIRO
When: 1:20 pm Tuesday, 5th July 2011
Where: Launceston College Theatrette, off Paterson St, Launceston
Research stimulated by the discovery of superconductivity in 1911 has revealed new quantum phenomena and “high temperature” materials, with a rich harvest of applications. The talk includes the disappearance of resistance; precision measurement t