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Superconductor Breakthrough Findings Replicated, Twice, in Preliminary Testing - Tom's Hardware
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yea, even if LK-99 is a room temp super conductor, i dont it expect to be THE room temp super conductor... but it will prove its possible, and provide pathways to improve it (either advancing LK-99, or showing how altering a material to introduce internal strain can cause it in other compounds)
The proof of concept alone will get so much money this way, i'm betting that we'll have either 3, 7, or 358 promising compounds or materials in a year or 3! Im getting cautiously optimistic here :-)
The fact that it was a Chinese team that made the discovery may be the kickstart an 'arms race' needs in order for the US to put significant resources behind the development of RTSCs. It's hard to pour millions of dollars into a hole if you want see the bottom of it. If there's a viable path and it looks like China may beat the US to the finish line, the US will throw more resources at the problem.