16 Teams Race to Validate Superconductor Breakthrough, Find Mixed Results

The race to validate exactly how much LK-99 will upend our lives is still ongoing, with at least 16 public teams pursuing replication as we speak. For now, it seems that the lanarkite and copper phosphide compound might be more of a high-temperature superconductor than an ambient-temperature one.

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/superconductor-breakthrough-16-teams-race-to-validate-claims

Created 2y | Aug 3, 2023, 10:10:04 PM


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