If LK-99 is the real deal, it could be a game-changer for everything from quantum computing and medical imaging to energy and transportation. But there are a lot of red flags. If LK-99 is the real ...

If there was any hope remaining that LK-99 might be a room-temperature superconductor, it’s pretty much dead now. In fact, it’s worse than that. Pure samples of the substance show that it is an ...

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A group of researchers claims to have developed a new kind of superconductor with potentially revolutionary properties, but other scientists are not yet convinced. Nature reported the controversy ...

When researchers claimed to discover a room-temperature superconductor called LK-99, it set off a viral race to replicate their findings in both professional and amateur labs in pursuit of a ...

In late July, a preprint paper written by scientists from the relatively unknown Quantum Energy Research Centre claimed to have created a material that was a superconductor at room temperature and ...

A South Korean team’s claim to have discovered a superconductor that works at room temperature and ambient pressure has become a viral sensation — and prompted a slew of replication efforts by ...

The summer of room-temperature superconductivity was short-lived. It started with some manuscripts placed on the arXiv toward the end of July, which purportedly described how to synthesize a compound ...

Last month, a team of South Korean scientists claimed to have engineered a superconducting material, dubbed LK-99, that works under ambient temperature and pressure. In layman’s terms, the team ...

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The rise and fall of LK-99 offers a lesson on how to consider technology’s role in urgently needed energy transitions Considering the new work, “[LK-99’s] room-temperature superconductivity seems less ...

Social media users are excited about what would be a breakthrough in solid state physics, but many experts in the field are cautiously skeptical. By Kenneth Chang This is the second room-temperature ...