K. Onnes discovered the phenomenon of superconductivity in 1911 when he observed that the electrical resistance of mercury disappeared entirely when cooled below 4.2K. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913 for this discovery. A material is considered a superconductor when cooled below its critical temperature, at which point it loses all electrical resistance. Other key aspects of superconductors include their behavior in magnetic fields, as described by the Meissner effect, and theories like the BCS theory to explain the microscopic mechanism of superconductivity. High-temperature superconductors were later discovered in 1986 by Bednorz and Muller that could superconduct above 30K, earning them a Nobel Prize. Superconductors have applications in areas