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New superconducting hydride is the first to be made from a Group 5 transition metal
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Similar set-up could form the basis for precise quantum sensors and even dark-matter detectors
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New work on a rare odd-parity superconductor advances our understanding of the mechanisms by which superconductivity evolves
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The material has a superconducting transition temperature of 9.5 K at a pressure of around 15 GPa
