8 stories tagged room-temperature-superconductor, newest first.
687 points by zaikunzhang | 287 comments
arXiv preprint reporting possible Meissner effect near room temperature in copper-substituted lead apatite (LK-99-type material), based on magnetization measurements.
2308 points by spekcular | 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.
734 points by segfaultbuserr | 348 comments
arXiv preprint reporting zero resistance above 100 K at ambient pressure in a synthesized polycrystalline sample of copper-doped lead apatite (LK-99).
497 points by spekcular | 373 comments
arXiv preprint presenting DFT calculations of the electronic structure of the putative room-temperature superconductor LK-99 (Pb9Cu(PO4)6O), finding flat Cu bands at the Fermi level.
551 points by b800h | 255 comments
A tweet by Andrew Cote reporting a claimed replication of the LK-99 superconductor by a Huazhong University team, explaining the levitation evidence and its caveats.
444 points by lnyan | 268 comments
arXiv preprint (v2) by Lee et al. claiming LK-99, a copper-doped lead apatite, is a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor showing levitation.
489 points by fofoz | 492 comments
A SpaceBattles forum thread discussing claims of the LK-99 room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor and the online efforts to replicate it.
1400 points by Akronymus | 770 comments
arXiv preprint by Lee, Kim, and Kwon claiming LK-99, a modified lead-apatite, is a room-temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor.