Can’t help but going back to my former scientific research field as it was reported a few days ago that a Plutonium compund at 18.5 K (about -255 Centigrades). This is exciting because is a new class of compounds and a fairly high temperature for “classical” superconductivity and thsu there is likely to be others that are maybe at even higher temperatures. At the beginning of the year another new class of compounds was found to superconduct at 38 K (-235 C) in a very simple Magnesium Boron compound. Glad my former friends and colleagues are living exciting times in superconductivity.
The Devil's Excrement
Observations focused on the problems of an underdeveloped country, Venezuela, with some serendipity about the world (orchids, techs, science, investments, politics) at large. A famous Venezuelan, Juan Pablo Perez Alfonzo, referred to oil as the devil's excrement. For countries, easy wealth appears indeed to be the sure path to failure. Venezuela might be a clear example of that.
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