Superconductor research surges forward despite controversy over stunning claims
Physicists are still looking for practical materials that conduct electricity without resistance
![A diamond anvil crunches a material viewed through a microscope.](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/090123_EC_superconductor_feat.jpg?fit=1030%2C580&ssl=1)
Physicists use diamond anvils (one shown) to crush materials at high pressure in hopes of creating new superconductors.
J. Adam Fenster/University of Rochester