News Alleged Superconductor LK-99 Might Need 'Doping' to Work

[Admin]

Scientists have failed to prove LK-99 is a superconductor but some suggest that adding materials could help.

Alleged Superconductor LK-99 Might Need 'Doping' to Work : Read more

 

[toffty]

Another story?
Put it to rest. The scientific method has quickly shown that this 15 year old material was never a superconductor. This is why the media needed to wait for the results to come in. Instead science gets dragged through the mud.

 

[domih]

BREAKING NEWS! LK-99 makes Tom's Hardware levitate.

 

[thisisaname]

Sounds like someone does not want the hype/money train to stop.

 

[peterf28]

Nice story. I already imagined humanity levitating into space. But other superconductors which require lower temperature are superconducting in space. I think there's is a connection between gravity, superconductivity and temperature.

 

[Giroro]

Did we seriously expect this material to be independently replicated and verified in 4 days?

 

[Alvar "Miles" Udell]

It wouldn't be the first time that an unknown impurity resulted in a breakthrough, but it'd also be far from the first time a supposed breakthrough was false.

 

[miket928]

Please, please stop writing the phrase "synthetization process." It's been used in all your articles on the subject. The word you're looking for is "synthesis." The chemists are agonizing

 

[dimar]

Can't we just ask the aliens?

 

[Eximo]

Nice story. I already imagined humanity levitating into space. But other superconductors which require lower temperature are superconducting in space. I think there's is a connection between gravity, superconductivity and temperature.

1) Not how magnetic levitation works, you still need to push off something.
2) Space is cold in the shade, yes.
3) Even things in orbit are under the influence of gravity, freefall is a little different. GPS satellites and things still experience the slowdown of being near the Earth, and also their speed to maintain orbit.

 

[Brian28]

Nice story. I already imagined humanity levitating into space. But other superconductors which require lower temperature are superconducting in space. I think there's is a connection between gravity, superconductivity and temperature.

Gravity has nothing to do with it. Space is neither hot nor cold. It is essentially empty, which means there is no heat transfer other than photons. Those photons can heat you up, if they come from something hot like the sun, or warm like the earth, or photons can cool you down if you send them away from a radiator. If you can stay in the shade, then yes, you can get temperatures appropriate for low temp superconductors to work.

 

[Francis412]

Scientists have failed to prove LK-99 is a superconductor but some suggest that adding materials could help.

Alleged Superconductor LK-99 Might Need 'Doping' to Work : Read more

This LK-99 looks remarkably similar to Cold Fusion. I think there is no There there.

 

[CFT]

When your superconductor doesn't superconduct, it's NOT a superconductor no matter how many papers and computer models and would've-could've-should-ves you tack on.

 

[Amdlova]

Lk-99 this name comes from xxx movie lol
The space is not empty... space has feelings.

 

[Kamen Rider Blade]

Spoiler: Thunderf00t - LK-99 BUSTED!!!

 

[peterf28]

Please try to actually read the book - ugh.

Which one. Currently I'm reading "Asimov's future history", very good sci-fi, and very actual on topics like AI, robots, etc ....

 

[peterf28]

1) Not how magnetic levitation works, you still need to push off something.
2) Space is cold in the shade, yes.
3) Even things in orbit are under the influence of gravity, freefall is a little different. GPS satellites and things still experience the slowdown of being near the Earth, and also their speed to maintain orbit.

I think gravity and superconductivity is the same field. The universe is superconductive, and that is gravity, and the planets and suns and other objects are like impurities in the universe and they cause the superconductivity anomalies. Remember my name, I will find out how gravity works.

 

[toffty]

This video puts what this whole thing very well and why everyone needs to be sceptical about any "breakthrough"

View: https://youtube.com/watch?v=zl-AgmoZ5mo