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Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by jacquesm on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @02:55PM (#36975343)
It is and it isn't. It's at ambient pressure (which is something useful), and there is something very odd happening much higher up that needs to be explained. They say their sample purity is higher than the one the Korean team had, so that would normally lead to better yield and easier confirmation of the superconductivity. But since it does show the Meissner effect in other samples as well at room temperature there is a lot that still needs explaining before we can say it is a failed reproduction.
Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by BasedAnon on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:01PM (#36975457)
perhaps an impurity caused the effect they're looking for
Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by jacquesm on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @03:03PM (#36975499)
Yes, that's possible and something that has already happened once before: this is exactly how x-rays and eventually radioactivity were discovered, a chance contamination.
Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by bloopernova on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @05:43PM (#36978040)
I adore stories that include the phrase "that's odd" or "something odd happens when ..."

Even if we don't get the astonishing result originally claimed by the rogue paper, it's still a triumph of science in my ignorant opinion.

Re:LK99: Team of Southeast University observed zero resistan... by jacquesm on Wednesday August 02, 2023 @06:05PM (#36978352)
And sometimes 'that's odd' leads to things larger than the original goal. You really don't want to hear those words in the doctors' office though.