A new material, synthesised by a group of Korean scientists, has brought superconductivity tantalisingly within reach. ALSO READ | Hope, skepticism around LK-99, the Korean scientists’ room temperature superconducting materialThere is no better way to describe “superconductivity” than to use a cliché: holy grail of scientists. Research in ‘high temperature superconductivity’ is keenly watched because the benefits of superconductivity are immense. Why could the Koreans get superconductivity in LK-99 but not the others? Regardless of whether such claims were mendacious or honest, they all claimed superconductivity at extremely high pressures.

Source: The Hindu August 05, 2023 15:58 UTC