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Re:LK-99: Phonon Bands, Localized Flat Band Magnetism, Model... by fooker on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @05:14AM (#37060308)
> labs all over would be putting in some weekend hours to muck about.

That's unfortunately not how science is incentivized.

The lab reproducing this would get exactly zero academic credit. Maybe a day of press fame, but that's it.

On the other hand, once/if this is proven to be real, there would be thousands of labs racing to improve it and cite each other's work.

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