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The two Chinese labs working on replicating LK-99 appear to have found a room-temperature superconductor.
At first blush, here's what's different from last time:
• it's more like "room temperature" than room temperature, the paper says 250K which is -10 F or -23 C. That's still HUGE IF TRUE, because we can get things that cold with liquid nitrogen
• we have actually discovered a superconductor at this temperature before, but it was at high pressure. This paper says it's potentially superconductive AT AMBIENT, NORMAL PRESSURE
• it has *already* replicated, with two separate labs in China confirming the results. Last time the big question was "will it replicate." And the answer this time seems to be "it already has"
@SeloSlav In a recent video, Mr Beast was literally mentioning that he is struggling to find advertisers now because he unironically reaches too many people. When he asks for a fair price based off his viewership and conversion rate, advertisers say it’s over half of their annual budget
@joebarnard You’re officially famous enough to get fake accounts made of you! Congrats! (I reported it, but you may have to do something to actually get rid of it)