"String theory, which some physicists hope may be able to unify gravity and quantum mechanics, may have found a real-world application. A type of black hole predicted by string theory may help to explain the properties of a mysterious class of materials called 'strange metals'.
"Strange metals include high-temperature superconductors, which have no electrical resistance at all below a critical temperature that is generally defined as above the boiling point of liquid nitrogen (−196 °C). Their properties have baffled condensed matter physicists for over 20 years because strange metals cannot be explained by the Fermi liquid model, which captures the properties of normal metals."
Getting strange and interesting at: String theory tackles strange metals: Link found between theoretical black holes and mysterious materials.
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