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Re:Superconductivity record sparks wave of follow-up physics by ars on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @12:15AM (#10077580)
> in a lab with a sample of H2S at 140 GPa. High pressure H2S has got to be a freakin' nightmare to work with.

They probably have absolutely tiny quantities of the stuff under pressure. Not enough to hurt anyone even if it escaped.

Re:Superconductivity record sparks wave of follow-up physics by beloch on Tuesday August 18, 2015 @12:44AM (#10077632)
Reading the arxiv preprint, they fed H2S into a DAC using a capillary. The size of the sample under pressure was 1um thick and 10 um in diameter, which is indeed tiny. So, that's probably not so bad. Anyone who thinks this would make a great room temperature superconductor in real applications had better smarten up though.