Physicist joins China's Zhejiang University after superconductor breakthrough

Physicist Stephen Lin Er Chow, known for developing a novel copper-free superconductor, has relocated from the National University of Singapore to Zhejiang University in China. Chow, who published his breakthrough findings in Nature last year, will serve as a doctoral supervisor and principal investigator at Zhejiang University. He cited personal connections and the living environment in Hangzhou as factors in his decision to join the university's recruitment program. AI

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