new trends in superconductivity contains up-to-date papers covering the most exciting current topics in superconductivity research. the main areas include cuprate superconductivity, covering mechanisms, pairing symmetry, pseudogap, stripes, growth and synthesis; novel superconductors, including mgb2, sr2ruo4, borocarbides and c60-based systems; and mesoscopic superconductors and vortex matter, including vortex structure, type ii superconductors, macroscopic quantum coherence and qubit devices and multilayer systems. a useful, up-to-date reference of current research in all of these rapidly developing fields of superconductivity.