The first room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor?(arxiv.org)

1400 points by Akronymus 3 years ago | 770 comments

arXiv preprint by Lee, Kim, and Kwon claiming LK-99, a modified lead-apatite, is a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor.

A room-temperature superconductor? New developments(science.org)

1158 points by nneonneo 3 years ago | 735 comments

Derek Lowe's In the Pipeline blog post on Science.org (Aug 2023) discussing new developments around the claimed room-temperature superconductor LK-99.

Nuclear fission fuel is inexhaustible (2022)(scanalyst.fourmilab.ch)

217 points by mutant_glofish 3 years ago | 262 comments

Possible Meissner effect near room temperature: copper-substituted lead apatite(arxiv.org)

687 points by zaikunzhang 2 years ago | 287 comments

arXiv preprint reporting possible Meissner effect near room temperature in copper-substituted lead apatite (LK-99-type material), based on magnetization measurements.

Global Room-Temperature Superconductivity in Graphite(onlinelibrary.wiley.com)

93 points by danboarder 2 years ago | 18 comments

Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99(arxiv.org)

2308 points by spekcular 3 years ago | 1146 comments

arXiv preprint reporting synthesis of LK-99 crystals that show room-temperature, ambient-pressure magnetic levitation, replicating Sukbae Lee et al.'s claims.