Superconductor Smackdown: Breakthrough or ‘Probable Fraud’? (#309)

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Here come maglev trains, fusion reactors, cheap MRI scanners in
every clinic…. Or not? Since the discovery of superconductors in
1911 by Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, earning the 1913 Nobel Prize in
Physics, they have been the subject of much fascination and
inquiry. Some of the greatest minds in physics have grappled with
how superconductivity works to drive electrical resistance to 0.
The 1972 Nobel prize in Physics was awarded to John Bardeen, Leon
Neil Cooper, and John Robert Schrieffer "for their BCS theory of
superconductivity. Now the race is on to get the highest
temperature superconductor possible; another Nobel Prize was
awarded just for getting the temperature up to 35K or -396
Fahrenheit! So superconducting has remained impractical, until
now... Maybe! The HUGE claim: zero resistance, at temperatures up
to 65 degrees Fahrenheit. Is it a scientific breakthrough, or is it
very probably fraud? 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:11 Eisenhower’s warning
https://youtu.be/mHDgsh6WPyc?t=562 00:01:55 Jorge Hersch and High
Tc Superconductors 00:04:32 Conflict between Hersch and Diaz
00:06:25 What is a superconductor? 00:20:45 Cooper Pairs and
Quantum Effects 00:25:00 100 years of superconducting materials
00:28:13 The experiment and the diamond anvil! 00:33:31 The
Unearthly Materials Controversy 00:40:00 Academic Freedom and
Moderation 00:43:26 Conclusions and Takeaways Sources
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-05742-0
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05294-9
https://www.unearthlymaterials.com/
https://techcrunch.com/2023/03/17/unearthly-materials-superconductors-investors/?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALsG2YvRnsu4H0m6ds6fJexDuCNHetasRbCFcu_DbioYuWHi0WKx7idn5wM3Uz2Ko12Zc-4U6SuufQHLbq-QbdfCqzDwEhObBA4bw9BB_rVisKKZTufyfmbPBi_4Oe1kOnBGVIdFjlK9SAOc0yAGRPAPfN1LIdvZ5bdTutI9wP5b
https://undark.org/2023/03/27/a-potential-triumph-in-physics-dogged-by-accusation-and-doubt/
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