| To the scientists' surprise, tests showed that the resulting compound is a superconductor at cryogenic temperatures below 18.5 kelvins. |
| The group has realized large gains in cryogenics, gyroscope construction, and superconductor research. |
| Recently, the Grenoble group discovered that uranium rhodium germanium is a ferromagnetic superconductor at ambient pressure. |
| A superconductor is a perfect diamagnet, but there is more than this involved in the Meissner effect. |
| A spinning superconductor acts like a very weak magnet, with the poles of the magnet precisely aligned with the axis of the spin. |
| But it is not a superconductor at any temperature, unless huge pressures are applied to it. |
