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Superconductor Breakthrough Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing (www.tomshardware.com)

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Researchers have discovered a new compound called LK-99 that could enable the fabrication of room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductors. Two separate sources have provided very preliminary confirmations of this breakthrough, including a simulation indicating it could be possible and a short video from Chinese researchers that seems to indicate some properties of superconductivity.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm super excited and hopeful. But then I remember the EmDrive and cold fusion, so these scientific hoaxes do occur. But damn if it's true!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No one ever really believe the EmDrive worked. It was just the media getting super over excited about it, but no one with any actual credibility ever gave it much credence.

This however is actually getting attention a real scientists so it is a little different.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

NASA was testing the EM Drive. To me this feels exactly the same. I would probably also include Tabby's star as another analogy.

I want it to work, but I'm not getting my hopes up yet.