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Re:Breaking Superconductor News by tigershark on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @06:38PM (#36886139)
“Both papers present similar measurements”

I’m not a physicist expert of superconductors, although I’ve followed quite closely that field since the ‘90s. But if the measurements are similar and correct and if the video of lk-99 levitating above a magnet demonstrating the Meissner effect is not fake, I don’t really have an alternative explanation to account for all of that. I guess that we’ll see what happens in the next week or two. This is too high stakes to take longer than that for a so easily reproducible experiment.

Re:Breaking Superconductor News by nazgulnarsil on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:11PM (#36886993)
It has been proposed that alternative mechanisms besides SC can create diamagnetic effects. I think we're waiting on more informed updates because the people with the competence to comment on this are probably working furiously in a lab right now rather than commenting.

edit: useful comment elsethread by macromaniac on plausibility of diamagnetic effects

Re:Breaking Superconductor News by abrichr on Wednesday July 26, 2023 @08:49PM (#36887345)
> the video of lk-99 levitating above a magnet demonstrating the Meissner effect

Can you please provide a link?

Edit: found it https://sciencecast.org/casts/suc384jly50n

Re:Breaking Superconductor News by drexlspivey on Thursday July 27, 2023 @02:05AM (#36889529)
This guy is live tweeting his attempt to reproduce https://twitter.com/andrewmccalip/status/1684433849781202944
Re:Breaking Superconductor News by justinclift on Thursday July 27, 2023 @12:32PM (#36896121)
Seems to be a single post?
Re:Breaking Superconductor News by hackerting on Thursday July 27, 2023 @04:09PM (#36899435)
You have to login to view the thread. The new Twitter made it super confusing, I guess the UX designers are all gone at this point at X
Re:Breaking Superconductor News by Thrymr on Thursday July 27, 2023 @04:21PM (#36899596)
Because X (sigh) doesn't show replies in public (if not logged in) anymore.
Re:Breaking Superconductor News by justinclift on Thursday July 27, 2023 @04:51PM (#36899995)
Ahhh. Thanks. :)

Yeah, I can't be bothered logging in.

Re:Breaking Superconductor News by codethief on Thursday July 27, 2023 @06:52PM (#36901181)
Re:Breaking Superconductor News by justinclift on Thursday July 27, 2023 @06:54PM (#36901196)
Fantastic, thank you. :)