---
title: "The Strange Ways of Cuprate Superconductors (\"Strange Metals\")"
description: Scientists have discovered that superconductors called cuprates carry current in a completely different way from ordinary metals such as copper. It’s so strange, they don’t even have the vocabulary to describe it.
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# [The Strange Ways of Cuprate Superconductors ("Strange Metals")](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/the-strange-ways-of-cuprate-superconductors-strange-metals)

 Written by [Jeff Hopkins](https://northerncal.swagelok.com/blog/author/jeff-hopkins) | 11/16/18 4:30 PM

Scientists have discovered that superconductors called cuprates **carry current in a completely different way** from ordinary metals such as copper. It’s so strange, they don’t even have the vocabulary to describe it.

[Read the full article on Solid State Technology →](https://electroiq.com/2018/08/strange-metals-just-got-stranger/)

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