Scientists Question Superconductivity Claim from Physicist Accused of Plagiarism

https://www.wsj.com/articles/room-temperature-superconductivity-plagiarism-df591741

by WalterBright • 3 years ago

10 6 3 years ago

wsj.com

WalterBright• 3 years ago

Several scientists and labs have raised doubts about Ranga Dias’s room-temperature superconductor

berbec• 3 years ago

https://archive.is/xBXnd

hcrisp• 3 years ago

They buried the lede in the bottom third of the story via this tangential comment:

Last week, a different group of scientists at institutes in South Korea and at William & Mary in Virginia claimed they saw superconductivity without extreme conditions in a lead compound in the presence of copper, but scientists have said they are skeptical about the findings, posted ahead of peer review to arXiv.

sergiomattei• 3 years ago

For reference, this is not about the recent superconductor discoveries.

Rather, this article is about Ranga Dias, the disgraced physicist who made prior claims.

g42gregory• 3 years ago

What is there to question exactly? This is not a philosophical discussion, but hard science. Can this experiment be replicated or not?

ochn• 3 years ago

The measurements were reproduced by a different team on samples provided by Dias: https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.06301

Scientists Question Superconductivity Claim from Physicist Accused of Plagiarism

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