![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20090509062658im_/http://www.nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field A Supra New Kind of Froth
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June 6, 2008
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Who would think that the froth on a morning cup of cappuccino has a lot in common with superconductors? A team of U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory physicists have found that the bubble-like arrangement of magnetic domains in superconducting lead exhibits patterns that are very similar to everyday froths like milk on a fancy coffee. The similarities between "suprafroths" and conventional froths establish suprafroths as a model system for the study of all froths.
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