Karl Alexander Muller

Karl Alexander Müller is a Swiss physicist renowned for his groundbreaking work in superconductivity, particularly for discovering high-temperature superconductors. In the mid-1980s, he and his colleague Johannes Georg Bednorz identified materials that could conduct electricity with zero resistance at relatively higher temperatures than previously thought possible. This discovery opened new avenues in physics and technology, as high-temperature superconductors have potential applications in power transmission, magnetic levitation, and advanced electronic devices, leading to significant advancements in various fields and sparking ongoing research in material science. Their work earned them the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1987.