Labs around the world are racing to create and test a new material, called LK-99, to see if it really is a room-temperature and pressure superconductor.
When researchers claimed recently that they had created a material that perfectly conducts electricity – a superconductor – and that it does so at room temperature and pressure.
Such a finding would be transformative to many areas of science and technology. Now, labs around the world have kicked into action in a race to create and test the new material, called LK-99, to see if it really is what its creators claim.
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