  For almost a century thermoelectricity in superconductors has been one of the
most intriguing topics of physics. At the early stages in the 1920s, the mere
existence of thermoelectric effects in superconductors was questioned.
Theoretical breakthrough came in the 1970s, when the generation of a measurable
thermoelectric magnetic flux in superconducting loops was predicted; however a
major crisis developed when experiments showed a gross discrepancy with the
theory. Moreover, different experiments disagreed with each other by orders of
magnitude. This led to a stalemate in bringing theory and experiment into
agreement. With this work we resolve this stalemate, thus solving this
long-standing paradox and open prospects for exploration of novel
thermoelectric phenomena and new avenues for practical applications of
superconductors.
