The biggest physics discovery of our generation? 🤯

[NeoShameMan]

This tech whole name is "big if true" 😂

[hades]

Update. They found out it was not true recently in a published article

[aurelspecker]

UPDATE: It was NOT. It is NOT a superconductor.

However, it launched huge interested into the field. In the long run, this elevated interest might be the reason, more superconductors are found, and maybe even an ambient one.

[cynic]

Saw this a while ago. The articles also said that they were yet to have their finding verified

[yaboifuego]

We could finally get that Marty Mcfly Skateboard

[elmunus]

Rethinking the modern world from scratch sounds terrifying, but very exciting.

[davidellis]

I remain very skeptical as it fails several tests, but I hope it is real.

[mayukhpatro]

Update: turns out it's not a room temperature super conductor

[DrFunkman]

Unfortunately, the University of Maryland’s Condensed Matter Theory Center have published a collection of articles from around the world stating that no one’s been able to reproduce it. The International Center for Quantum Materials states evidence that the “levitation” to LX-99 being ferromagnetic. The Verge posted an article about this with links to the various sources

[kirbymarchbarcena]

I'll wait for the final results. In the meantime, I'll sleep

[jem]

So sad it didn't seem to be legit, but hopefully the excitement will get some new developments in the field. The blend does also seem potentially interesting for other uses.

[xenosmoke]

Room temp SC’s 😂
Or as it’s also known...
“How to lose your PHD in 127 pages”

[dharakcolossus]

I'm glad he explained WHY it was so important or I seriously would be totally lost

[harikarthi]

Small update folks, a new article from nature just dropped in fully confirming that this is just an accident and was due to the cuprous sulphide impurity present in the material

[eyebrid]

An ambient superconductor would only work if the material can be used in wires. NK-99 is a ceramic, so even if it's confirmed to be a sc it's too brittle for many applications. Still a step forward in research.

[chrissoto]

Hi from the future so it was a resistor with properties that made it look like a super conductor. Keep looking guys

[LexyRoseUwU]

This would be the next internet level jump

[theboy]

It’s called LK-99 for anyone interested in looking into it more

[PranavSinganapalli]

Imagine this, electricity is sent hundreds of km with pretty much 100% efficiency; and then a genius throws away 40% of that to wirelessly charge their phone because they couldn't be bothered with plugging in a cable

[Jakes_psyche]

For people who don’t know: superconductors are basically wires that don’t lose any electricity when it flows through them, superconductors are usually very cold, like around -200 C so it’s not practical to use them sometimes and if we could create room temperature ones it would revolutionize all computers