The Bernd Theodor Matthias Prize is a science award for innovative contributions to the

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superconductivity Superconductivity is a set of physical properties observed in certain materials where electrical resistance vanishes and magnetic flux fields are expelled from the material. Any material exhibiting these properties is a superconductor. Unlike ...

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Bernd Theodor Matthias Prize is presented since 1989 by the

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Bernd T. Matthias Bernd Theodor Matthias (June 8, 1918 – October 27, 1980) was a German-born American physicist credited with discoveries of hundreds of elements and alloys with superconducting properties. He was said to have discovered more elements and compoun ...

. Since 2000, the Prize has been sponsored by the Texas Center for Superconductivity at the

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. The Prize consists of $5,000 USD and a special framed certificate.

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