After a bit of googling, the yield strength of some common materials is within striking distance of 1GPa (many steels are 0.25 GPa, silicon carbide is 3.4 GPa [

After a bit of googling, the yield strength of some common materials is within striking distance of 1GPa (many steels are 0.25 GPa, silicon carbide is 3.4 GPa [1]). So perhaps it could be possible to embed this superconductor in a highly stressed supporting structure to provide the pressure. Not useful for cabling, but this could conceivably be used for room temperature SQUIDs [2], paving the way to cheap MRIs. [1] https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/young-modulus-d_417.html https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/young-modulus-d_417.html [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQUID https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQUID