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Re:LK-99: The Live Online Race for a Room-Temperature Superc... by CoastalCoder on Monday July 31, 2023 @06:08PM (#36949551)
Is that necessarily true?

I'm 200% not a physicist, but it is possible that during transit, minor bumps / temperature changes / ionizing radiation / oscillating E-M fields could screw up the material in a way that matters?

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Re:LK-99: The Live Online Race for a Room-Temperature Superc... by psychphysic on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:43AM (#36953452)
I meant in the abstract sense. They seem to be able to make the stuff with albeit with a very poor yield.
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