A Celebration of the All-Too-Brief Hype Cycle of LK-99

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The building housing the Quantum Energy Research Centre in Seoul, South Korea. A basement office in the building is home to the research center whose extraordinary claims about a breakthrough in superconductor technology have shocked the scientific community and captivated the world. — The building housing the Quantum Energy Research Centre in Seoul, South Korea. A basement office in the building is home to the research center whose extraordinary claims about a breakthrough in superconductor technology have shocked the scientific community and captivated the world.
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

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By Sarah McBride

August 9, 2023 at 11:00 AM UTC

Maybe the real room-temperature superconductor was the friends we made along the way. But first...

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