Even if this doesn't pan out, I'll dare to hope we get useful stuff out of this, like how we got Duct (duck?) tape and silly putty.
If it does, hoo boy!
A room-temperature superconductor? New developments
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#32I want to believe
And a great many people also want you to believe. Just remember: don't give anyone any money, not until this is properly verified.
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#33Oooh, citogenesis in action.
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#34I still have a very, very hard time understanding what all of this means. Is there an easy to understand explanation for a room temperature superconductor?
Zero resistance and therefore zero electrical transmission losses would be one of the most significant real-world benefits.
There are also some really cool levitation effects, demonstrated here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPqEEZa2Gis
As to why this one works at room temp? It really needs quantum physics to explain.
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#35I still have a very, very hard time understanding what all of this means. Is there an easy to understand explanation for a room temperature superconductor?
See:
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#37New replication video coming from China https://twitter.com/lereguy/status/1686363900651151360
Can someone explain how this video shows superconductivity?
[not an expert but...]It shows strong diamagnetism(being repelled by both of the poles of a magnet), which is a property of superconductors. Not necessarily a superconductor though, that’s still to be established but at least it shows that the inventors are up to something and it’s not complete fabrication.
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#38This is exciting, but I try to maintain my composure. Good luck to all involved. I didn’t know science could be such a thrilling spectator sport.
The fun part about this is how easy things are to grasp even though I have zero background in the science.
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#39Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can't tell if it's a troll by having a video clip of a video clip
You mean the fact that someone is recording their screen with the microscope video feed at the same time as the magnet in the hand they are placing underneath the scope? It looks like a pretty bog-standard lab video to me. In addition to being the fastest way that doesn’t require any video editing, I can’t really think of a way to do it that would be more likely to be real.
At the bottom of the video is a progress bar, which presumably means they screen recorded a clip instead of uploading the original. I think that's what the parent comment is referring to.