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Good bot!

Good bot.

It would allow us to transfer electricity with virtually no loss of energy.

Potentially? Fusion. Superconducting magnets to keep plasma away from the walls.

This is further down the line, but it's one of the key potential applications.

If the claims are true and we can make it cheap enough... Change all electronics. You know all the fans in your computer? That's because heat is radiating off the silicon causing wasted power and limiting the amount of transistors possible based on cooling available.

All of our power lines(especially the long distance ones) are high voltage because of power loss in the copper, that's why there are local transformers in your neighborhood (these failing are a common cause of neighborhood black outs).

Want a electric car with high efficiency? Alot of heat is wasted by the copper windings in the motor. That goes away and range would increase dramatically.

Again this is all assuming the claims are legit and we can manufacture it at a decent price.

Currently superconductors require extremely cold temperatures (not just freezing, but extreme subzero freezing temps) - this makes their use cases extremely limited as it is expensive to keep them cold enough.

The discovery of a room-temperature superconductor, would revolutionize energy transmission, transportation, electronics, medical imaging, and scientific research. It could lead to highly efficient power grids, faster trains, improved medical diagnostics, advanced electronics, and more energy-efficient technologies across industries, with potential benefits for renewable energy, space exploration, and fundamental physics understanding.

Nothing wrong with IE6 it introduces a whole new range of exciting bugs that IE5 didn't have.

From what I see, it was a 'leak' by a former researcher from that group that was not included on that paper, so it's probable it was an attempt at discrediting the authors instead of claiming actual discovery.