The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor

Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by inglor_cz on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @07:32AM (#36875955)

The changes introduced by discovery of fire were very gradual. No Internet, no written language at all: any innovation back then could only spread as quickly as humans walked, and would temporarily stop at every significant geographic barrier such as sea.

Compared to the discovery of fire, the changes from room temperature superconductors would be a flash fire.

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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by zamalek on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @12:25PM (#36880346)

I totally missed the impact of the internet, you are absolutely correct. Something else that I just noticed buried in the paper is that it can be readily deposited onto a substrate (search for UNIVAC in the paper, page 4). That's an incredibly big deal.

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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by louthy on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @04:54PM (#36884889)

For the idiots in the room (me), could you explain why that’s a big deal? Does that make the material more robust and therefore usable in harsher environments?

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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by zamalek on Thursday July 27, 2023 @02:03AM (#36889514)

We can deposit it on chips, there is lots of copper (relatively speaking) in a chip so this could improve efficiency. Of course the semiconductor (silicon) is intentionally resistive, so waste+heat wouldn't go away entirely.

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Re:The First Room-Temperature Ambient-Pressure Superconductor by louthy on Thursday July 27, 2023 @07:35AM (#36891994)

Thank you!

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