Orchestra scientists discover new superconductor - The Beaverton

Orchestra scientists discover new superconductor

— McGill University researchers specializing in Orchestral Sciences have announced a newly discovered superconductor with astonishing implications for the future of music.

“We now have an entity capable of conducting orchestral works at five times the average speed with a third of the heat loss” said lead researcher Dr. Sydney Hill, “Just wait until you hear the Khachaturian Masquerade Suite in three minutes flat from a 300 piece . There’s absolutely nothing like it”

The research project started as many hunts for superconductors do: by taking a selection of regular conductors and immersing them in liquid nitrogen. “The first experiments only lasted a few picoseconds, but it’s a process of trial and error” said Dr. James Yu, a fellow researcher, “Most conductors don’t perform well at -195.79°C”.

The team is taking its time to fully test the limits of their discovery. So far the findings are promising: faster speeds, increased volume, and greater efficiency the superconductor can perform more compositions in less time, and may even someday perform several at once.

“Now that the initial experiment is a success, we can expect orchestras to double in size and speed every five years or so,” said Hill, “We’ll need to enlist materials to create musical instruments that won’t combust mid-symphony.”

While the superconductor discovery is a contender for the , it faces fierce competition from a University of study that seeks to explain the physics of chamber music through something called “string theory.”