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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[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 53 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Yep. This is one of those world changing tech advances.

Replication is a huge step.

But I temper the excitement with the memory that I read my first The Coming Room Temp Superconductor revolution 30 or so years ago. IIRC it was a cover story in Scientific American in the early 90s.

That said, fuck I hope they have cracked a scalable RTS.

[–] Apex_Fail@lemmy.world 49 points 1 year ago (1 children)

First off, don't refer to the 90's as "30" years ago. That's just rude dude....

Second, yeah this has been an ongoing theme for decades....

Wait, did I get old? What the fuck?!

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 23 points 1 year ago

Wait, did I get old?

Nah. No one every gets old... Old is always 10 years older than you are now.

[–] qwamqwamqwam@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Agreed, I want to believe so bad, but the Meisner effect is so easy to fake with cameras that even video proof doesn’t cut it for me. I guess at this point it’ll take a preprint from a National Lab . Thankfully that won’t take long apparently given how easy this is to synthesize.

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The 90s were 30 years ago? Damn.

[–] beigegull@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"The Matrix" was released closer in time to the French Revolution than to today.

[–] damnthefilibuster@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Please. Spare me.

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 9 points 1 year ago

GenXer reading this... First time?