National Lab (LBNL) results support LK-99 as a room-temperature ambient-pressure superconductor - eviltoast
  • Mike@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    ·
    1 year ago

    Uhhhh isn’t this pretty massive news? Or am I missing something?

    • cnschn@lemmy.cnschn.com
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      12
      ·
      1 year ago

      The thing is, it’s “only” a simulation, and with DFT stuff (the approach used in the simulation) there is usually quite a bit of wiggle room to get some interesting results. It’s still kind of a big deal, it says something like “hey these people’s results might not be complete nonsense”, but I’m still waiting for someone reproducing something experimentally.

      • Mike@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        5
        ·
        1 year ago

        Thank you very much for explaining that. This has really been pretty far over my head but it’s so exciting.