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The room-temperature superconductor claim isn’t dead yet
05/10/2022 09:54 PM | Click to read full article
It may be too soon to mourn the demise of a room-temperature superconductivity claim.
On September 26, the journal Nature retracted a paper describing a material that seemed to turn into a superconductor at a cozy 15 degrees celsius. But a new experiment performed just days after the retraction supports the world-record temperature claim, say an eyewitness and others familiar with the investigation.