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I am following this story closely as well. I'd love for some technological breakthrough to leap us into the future. Unfortunately with this one it seems to be m

I am following this story closely as well. I'd love for some technological breakthrough to leap us into the future. Unfortunately with this one it seems to be mixed. Someone here on HN posted this thread yesterday by a guy who's actually in Seoul: https://nitter.net/sanxiyn/status/1685094029116297216 https://nitter.net/sanxiyn/status/1685094029116297216 And from this account it doesn't exactly look like a professional outfit that made this. But I'm still holding my breath until other labs attempt to replicate.

Accujack 3y ago
Yeah, that guy was linked in the Twitter list above. The papers on arXiv are "crap" because they weren't ready for publication... the actual team's paper has been submitted for peer review to a respected journal and is being looked at/corrected/tested. What got published was leaked, hence the poor quality work. Check the twitter list for more info.
- uejfiweun 3y ago
  Ah, I see, sorry for not checking ahead. Unfortunately it seems the link is blocked behind the auth wall and I would rather not make a new social media account, but that's good to hear that it's more legitimate than that thread would suggest, thanks for the info.
  - jodrellblank 3y ago
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- numpad0 3y ago
  Not sure how to take that "weren't ready for publication" thing. That kind of wording is not rare in fabrication cases.
- carabiner 3y ago
  Which "respected journal" is it?
lll-o-lll 3y ago
There is definitely a mix of evidence from the people side of the equation. Rank amateurism mixed with well credentialed researchers. Check out this vid from EEVBlog highlighting one of the worst “amateur hour” parts: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPFphlzwdQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPFphlzwdQ (tldr is that the main website shows a vid waving a magnet in front of a copper disk coated in their new material. The copper plate moves around because of Lenz’s law! Nothing to do with superconducting) Meanwhile, the very well credentialed HyunTak clearly believes it’s real, but he was parachuted in late in the development. Personally, I think we will just have to wait the week to see if this is real.
- Accujack 3y ago
  I kinda wonder if that particular vid was posted by YH Kwon... it would have been posted while he was still involved in the group. It's very obviously not a U-235 disc by the color, unless the LK-99 film changes that somehow? Plus, if it's supposed to be pure U-235, why use that? Weapons grade enriched fissile uranium used in demonstration of properties of a thermally deposited film? That video makes no sense at all.

Accujack 3y ago

Yeah, that guy was linked in the Twitter list above. The papers on arXiv are "crap" because they weren't ready for publication... the actual team's paper has been submitted for peer review to a respected journal and is being looked at/corrected/tested. What got published was leaked, hence the poor quality work. Check the twitter list for more info.

uejfiweun 3y ago
Ah, I see, sorry for not checking ahead. Unfortunately it seems the link is blocked behind the auth wall and I would rather not make a new social media account, but that's good to hear that it's more legitimate than that thread would suggest, thanks for the info.
- jodrellblank 3y ago
  Change URL to use Nitter to view without logging in: https://nitter.net/i/lists/1684446795731206144 https://nitter.net/i/lists/1684446795731206144
numpad0 3y ago
Not sure how to take that "weren't ready for publication" thing. That kind of wording is not rare in fabrication cases.
carabiner 3y ago
Which "respected journal" is it?

lll-o-lll 3y ago

There is definitely a mix of evidence from the people side of the equation. Rank amateurism mixed with well credentialed researchers. Check out this vid from EEVBlog highlighting one of the worst “amateur hour” parts: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPFphlzwdQ https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QHPFphlzwdQ (tldr is that the main website shows a vid waving a magnet in front of a copper disk coated in their new material. The copper plate moves around because of Lenz’s law! Nothing to do with superconducting) Meanwhile, the very well credentialed HyunTak clearly believes it’s real, but he was parachuted in late in the development. Personally, I think we will just have to wait the week to see if this is real.

Accujack 3y ago
I kinda wonder if that particular vid was posted by YH Kwon... it would have been posted while he was still involved in the group. It's very obviously not a U-235 disc by the color, unless the LK-99 film changes that somehow? Plus, if it's supposed to be pure U-235, why use that? Weapons grade enriched fissile uranium used in demonstration of properties of a thermally deposited film? That video makes no sense at all.