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LK-99 isn’t a superconductor — how science sleuths solved the mystery (www.nature.com)

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[–] weew@lemmy.ca 19 points 2 years ago (2 children)

It's not a superconductor, but it is a weirdconductor

[–] Fidelity9373@artemis.camp 14 points 2 years ago

Not even a conductor at all, apparently.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.06256 this group (mentioned jn the article above) synthesized a fully pure crystal, and found that has a resistance in the several megaohms at room temperature. Just a purple piece of glass, functionally speaking. The thoughts of superconductivity was due to random copper sulfate impurities which DO conduct electricity.

[–] Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Like this one?

[–] Wogi@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

You take that back. Uncanny valley Tom Hanks is a saint (as imagined by an AI)

[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 5 points 2 years ago

That really is Tom Hanks from Polar Express I think

[–] Dressedlikeapenguin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Not meant to slander. But, objectively, he was a weird conductor