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Failed attempt to replicate: Semiconducting transport in Pb10-xCux(PO4)6O sintered from Pb2SO5 and Cu3P https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2307/2307.16802.pdf h
by gtsnexp 3y ago
Failed attempt to replicate:
Semiconducting transport in Pb10-xCux(PO4)6O sintered from Pb2SO5 and Cu3P
https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2307/2307.16802.pdf https://arxiv.org/ftp/arxiv/papers/2307/2307.16802.pdf
- epistasis 3y agoI would expect to see such failed replications even if LK99 is the real deal. Getting the exact conditions correct for any sort of novel lab science is non-trivial, and often times the crucial variables might not even be measured in initial publications. People use this fact to try to bash things like cancer research, but it is unfortunately just a fundamental problem of science. Scientific publications are not kernels of distilled truth, they are work-in-progress commits. If we waited to publish until every last detail is known, science discovery would slow to a snails pace and we would miss a ton of discoveries.
- greggsy 3y agoThese are just as important as successes, as they build knowledge about what is not possible.
- TheAceOfHearts 3y agoAlways gotta be careful about what we record as not being possible though. Just because some research claims something isn't possible doesn't always guarantee the claim is accurate. If some factors are mistakenly overlooked, it's entirely possible that something which is actually doable becomes regarded as impossible.
- carabiner 3y agoGood reason to believe what the Chinese synthesized is far way from what the Koreans characterize as LK-99: https://twitter.com/robert_palgrave/status/1686394096410148864?s=46&t=N5oP9SrFuyxd0pRLixzkBQ https://twitter.com/robert_palgrave/status/16863940964101488... They tested a different substance.
- gandik 3y agoI followed your link, but there is nothing there. Perhaps this is why no sane person should be using X for scientific communication at this point.