Science teams race to validate superconductor breakthrough

The race is on for “watershed moment for humanity”.

Francisco Pires

Is LK-99 is a black swan? A worldwide race to validate whether the material is a room temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor is still ongoing. Beyond the initial coverage rush, well over a dozen research teams are working at breakneck speed to validate the original South Korean claims around the copper-lead-apatite compound. According to a real-time Wikipedia live-tracker, a total of 16 separate teams are currently working on the replication efforts as we speak – 16 that we know of, anyway. Considering the claims that LK-99 has already been synthesised over a Russian kitchen sink, you can bet that a number of efforts all across the world are underway to crack LK-99. From government agencies to corporations and even individuals, the race is on. "There’s no consensus at present as to whether…

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