Superconductivity

World First In Electricity Transmission:Air Liquide Partner Of The Longest Superconductor Cable (ThomasNet)

7 Jul 2008

The world's longest and most powerful superconductor power transmission cable has been connected to the commercial power grid in Holbrook, New York, United States, by the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) and American Superconductor. The 600-meter long cable is cryogenically cooled thanks to the advanced technologies of Air Liquide, the world leader in cryogenics. This project demonstrates the ...

Ashcroft honored by Russian Academy of Sciences (Cornell News Service)

2 Jul 2008

Neil W. Ashcroft, Cornell's Horace White Professor of Physics Emeritus, has been elected to the Russian Academy of Sciences as a foreign member. He joins Cornellians and Nobel laureates Roald Hoffmann, David M. Lee, the late Hans A. Bethe and the late Peter Debye in this distinction.

$300 million incentive to improve battery-powered cars (Rocky Mountain News)

1 Jul 2008

A host of Front Range companies that have been working for years to improve car batteries are intrigued with presidential candidate Sen. John McCain's $300 million offer last month to any developer whose battery leapfrogs the abilities of hybrid and electric cars.