Scandium's electrons may explain predicted room-temperature superconductivity

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Add as preferred source (a) top view, and (b) side view of the LaSc 2 H 24 crystal. Lanthanum atoms in green, scandium atoms in red and hydrogen atoms represented by open circles. Credit: Wang et al, Physical Review Letters , American Physical Society Scientists have confirmed the existence of a predicted room temperature superconductor, while explaining the microscopic mechanism that distinguishes it from a similar one discovered several years ago. The work, published in the journal Physical Review B , offers "a theoretical blueprint for the future design of superior superconductor hydrides" the physicists write.