Rumors on physics-twitter of a room temperature superconductor. But the material is so simple it could have been produced in an 1890’s lab. Would be a sad indictment of current science if true… - Kotaku In Action 2

Rumors on physics-twitter of a room temperature superconductor. But the material is so simple it could have been produced in an 1890’s lab. Would be a sad indictment of current science if true… (twitter.com)

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– subbookkeeper 4 points 1 year ago +4 / -0

What actually is the benefit of superconductors? as I understand them it allows you to transfer electrical current from point A to B with far greater efficiency then currently. You can normally only do this near absolute 0 because it's a problem of entropy that energy is always lost in transfer. Is that correct? How much more efficient is energy transfer from point to point with superconductors compared to normal conductors?

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– BidenIsAGroomer [S] 4 points 1 year ago +4 / -0

Here’s the best list I found :

https://twitter.com/alexkaplan0/status/1684044616528453633

Here’s a more skeptical analysis:

http://large.stanford.edu/courses/2016/ph240/mclaughlin1/

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