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Swiss startup Terra Quantum says it has discovered a form of graphite that superconducts. But other researchers aren't convinced.

A Swiss quantum algorithm startup, Terra Quantum, and a research lab at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil claim that they have discovered a form of graphite that superconducts at ambient temperature and pressure. Room-temperature superconductors, if one is ever found and independently confirmed, could revolutionize everything from electricity transmission to computing, electric vehicles, MRI machines, maglev trains and more. Lately, claims of room-temperature superconductivity seem to be blooming like flowers after a rainstorm.

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