• Candelestine@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    … if true, this is one of the big ones. Like the discovery of atomic fission, which led to power plants and bombs.

    This one leads to a lot of sci fi shit. We could never transfer energy without losing a big chunk of it to waste heat, waste that builds up and ruins everything eventually. This has held back electronics, and really almost all electrical applications for a long time.

    This would fix that. Room temp superconductor is your phone no longer getting hot, your computer no longer needing a fan system. It’s also easy maglev and small supercomputers.

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      1 year ago

      That’s the caveat, if it’s true. If it is? Future’s sounding much brighter.

      Also, TIL not to lead with a pun.

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        1 year ago

        Big caveat. This paper has not even been peer reviewed yet. Then has to be proven it can be replicated.