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There is really no complete theory of superconduction yet. It is believed that in certain materials - the "classical" superconductors - the current is transported by Cooper pairs (i.e., pairs of electrons). However, the classical theory doesn't really explain superconduction in the more recently discovered high-temperature superconductors.

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