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The Japanese group tried approximately 30,000 materials, of which about 30 appeared to exhibit interesting superconductivity; magnesium diboride was among them.
Ekin Dogus Cubuk · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“I think they tried 30,000 different things. 30 of them seemed to host interesting superconductivity and MgB2 was one of them. But magnesium diboride set on people's shelves as a precursor for superconductivity.”Play from 1:22:51Report a misattribution
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