Watch: a superconductor levitate and glide along a Möbius strip

The Royal Institution demonstrates how a superconductor cooled below its critical temperature expels magnetic fields and locks itself in place above a magnetic track, letting it float and even follow a twisted loop.

— The Royal Institution, Levitating Superconductor on a Möbius strip — YouTube video

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