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Instead of clogging other threads figured I would post this here. I dunno if it is going to be real or not but figure it is worth following just in case.
Overview:
en.wikipedia.org
In simple terms the main constraint on conductors is loss of energy via heat dissipation. A room temperature superconductor would, as I understand it, alleviate this issue to a large degree. Its hard to overstate the potential behind this as it could essentially obsolete most of our current technology. Processing power would increase exponentially. I've seen this development compared with the invention of the transistor. If its true its a huge deal.
Also worth noting that this is made from copper and lead, so its going to be incredibly cheap. People are claiming to have imperfectly recreated this in their kitchen to give you an idea. There is also some sort of tie in with levitating rocks, but I'm not sure I understand that part of it yet.
I'll spoiler some sources but as of today there is allegedly one confirmed replication of the original experiment so we're potentially moving toward this being confirmed.
Overview:
LK-99 - Wikipedia
In simple terms the main constraint on conductors is loss of energy via heat dissipation. A room temperature superconductor would, as I understand it, alleviate this issue to a large degree. Its hard to overstate the potential behind this as it could essentially obsolete most of our current technology. Processing power would increase exponentially. I've seen this development compared with the invention of the transistor. If its true its a huge deal.
Also worth noting that this is made from copper and lead, so its going to be incredibly cheap. People are claiming to have imperfectly recreated this in their kitchen to give you an idea. There is also some sort of tie in with levitating rocks, but I'm not sure I understand that part of it yet.
I'll spoiler some sources but as of today there is allegedly one confirmed replication of the original experiment so we're potentially moving toward this being confirmed.
Original release:
arxiv.org
Alleged confirmation - note this guy seems to be following this closely and may be worth following independently for updates if you care.
The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor
For the first time in the world, we succeeded in synthesizing the room-temperature superconductor ($T_c \ge 400$ K, 127$^\circ$C) working at ambient pressure with a modified lead-apatite (LK-99) structure. The superconductivity of LK-99 is proved with the Critical temperature ($T_c$)...
arxiv.org
Alleged confirmation - note this guy seems to be following this closely and may be worth following independently for updates if you care.
