
The SciencesJuly 12, 2019
The “Woodstock of Physics” Is Finally Living Up to Its Promise
A landmark meeting in 1987 promised that high-temperature superconductors would change the world. No one realized how long it would take
Gregory Boebinger is a professor of physics at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, and the director of the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, which is funded by the National Science Foundation and the state of Florida.

The “Woodstock of Physics” Is Finally Living Up to Its Promise
A landmark meeting in 1987 promised that high-temperature superconductors would change the world. No one realized how long it would take