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Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments by hilbertseries on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:22PM (#36959171)
So they planted this with a Korean lab a few years ago?
Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments by bugglebeetle on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:47PM (#36959589)
Please see “I know to be ridiculous” in my comment. This was intended as a joke.
Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments by hinkley on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @01:48PM (#36959612)
I mean we do have a defense pact with South Korea... There are worse places to establish parallel discovery.

Plausible enough for science fiction at least.

Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments by BirAdam on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @02:11PM (#36959995)
Having known many conspiracy theorists... yeah. Given the US troop presence in Korea, they would say "absolutely," and they'd then adjust their tinfoil hats.
Re:A Room-Temperature Superconductor? New Developments by Workaccount2 on Tuesday August 01, 2023 @03:40PM (#36961529)
The namesake of LK-99 is the year it was first synthesized - 1999.