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Enhancing the temperature at which superconductivity is observed is a long-standing objective for materials scientists. Recent tantalizing experiments suggest a possible route for achieving this.

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Figure 1: Intense light drives oscillations of apical oxygens.
Figure 2: A Kapitza pendulum.

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Armitage, N. Dynamic stabilization?. Nature Mater 13, 665–666 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat3995

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