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Re:Room Temperature Superconductor Paper Retracted by Journa... by declan_roberts on Thursday November 09, 2023 @10:56PM (#38214869)
Thankfully the LK99 paper was easy to (try) and reproduce, and it quickly became obvious that it didn't work the way the researchers initially believed.

The same can't be said for the other studies that come out and affect public policy which can't be reproduced. And in some cases we can't even get the data to attempt it!

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Re:Room Temperature Superconductor Paper Retracted by Journa... by nuc1e0n on Saturday November 11, 2023 @05:23PM (#38235188)
All things considered I think the publication and refutation of LK99 were triumphs for the scientific community as it showed the process working as it should. Hopefully someone will one day discover a real room temperature superconductor.
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