![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090508004847im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Quantum Hall Effect Observed at Room Temperature
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February 15, 2007
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Using the highest magnetic fields in the world, an international team of researchers has observed the quantum Hall effect--a much studied phenomenon of the quantum world--at room temperature. The quantum Hall effect was previously believed to only be observable at temperatures close to absolute zero (equal to minus 459 degrees Fahrenheit).
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