Researchers from Skoltech, together with colleagues from Jilin University and the Advanced Research Center for High Pressure Science and Technology in China, have synthesized a compound named lanthanum-cerium polyhydride. This breakthrough, reported by Interfax, could streamline future work in superconductivity research and adds a meaningful data point to the growing catalog of high‑pressure materials explored for this phenomenon. The team positions the development within a broader initiative to map how specific classes of compounds might unlock practical superconductivity, a long‑standing objective in physics and materials science (Interfax). The finding underscores a persistent momentum in the field: scientists are methodically probing novel chemical spaces and pressure regimes to determine where superconducting states can be stabilized, with hopes of eventually achieving resistance‑free current flow under workable conditions (Interfax).
