Ryan breaks down the recent news - and debates - surrounding LK-99, the newly developed material that is allegedly a room-temperature superconductor.

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Sources

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02585-7

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-02681-8

https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2307/2307.12008.pdf

https://libraryhelp.ucsf.edu/hc/en-us/articles/360037549833-What-are-Preprints-and-Why-Do-We-Need-Them-#:~:text=Publishing%20preprints%20enables%20the%20immediate,Helps%20scientists%20establish%20priority%20of

https://gizmodo.com/university-investigating-author-of-lk-99-superconductor-1850747161

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superconductivity

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meissner_effect

https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2308/2308.05222.pdf

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