xbox99
Re:Reimagining the Bioreactor
on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @05:36AM (#37060424)
Horizontal scaling makes sense and especially for startups. I remember discussing this approach with investor type people interested in biotech and the response kept falling back on maximum litres and comparison to existing hugeness of reactors. Which I thought was missing the point entirely! Some bioproducts can be sold for $1 million a gram. It doesn't take a genius to realise that size isn't everything in bioreactors.
Re:Argonne National Lab is attempting to replicate LK-99
on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:47PM (#36933902)
There’s some consensus that the results can be questioned based on:
- Lenz’s law applying to copper (Lenz's law - Wikipedia 7) - Copper phosphide (“Lanarkite and Cu3P were uniformly mixed in a molar ratio of 1:1 in an agate mortar with a pestle”). Pretty high copper content. -No Meissner effect just standard copper-related phenomena based on Lenz’s law.
Re:Room Temperature Superconductor Drama and Hope
on Sunday July 30, 2023 @01:43PM (#36933851)
Here's the issue with copper and the Meissner effect and claims in this paper:
- 50% copper phosphide in the material. - Lenz's law effect on copper content (e.g. trojan horse situation.."lets use copper because this will make the demos easy"). - No clear demonstration of the Meissner effect.
Link to eevblog and replicating the v silly video on the landing page of the institute (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPFphlzwdQ). There are other problems but this screams of professional fakery but fakery indeed.