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i deeply apologize for making fun of devin by @cognition six months ago
i was not aware of your game
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Alex Kaplan
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Alex Kaplan
@alexkaplan0
Growth @cognition. Specialty coffee superfan w interests in @cometeer, physics, energy, and room temperature superconductors
NY
Joined June 2019
- Today might have seen the biggest physics discovery of my lifetime. I don't think people fully grasp the implications of an ambient temperature / pressure superconductor. Here's how it could totally change our lives.
- Replying to @alexkaplan08/8 I cannot contain my excitement. It feels like January of 2020 with a huge wave coming that no one realizes yet, but in a much better way. What a time to be alive!! Check out the original paper:
- It's as close to official as we'll probably get: LK-99 is likely simply a ferromagnetic material, which explains its levitating properties, according to new research from Peking University. The room temperature superconductivity revolution will have to wait another day.
- Replying to @alexkaplan07. And, the common ones: super-cheap MRI machines, MagLev trains everywhere, and a super efficient electric grid. Basically, this:
- Replying to @alexkaplan01. 100 billion kWh of electricity are wasted on transmission losses each year in the US alone. That's equivalent to 3 of our largest nuclear reactors running 24/7. Superconductivity enables lossless electricity transmission at high voltages and currents.
- WE ARE OFFICIALLY BACK @sineatrix finds a theoretical basis for superconductivity in Cu-doped Lead Apatite. Isolated flat bands at the Fermi level is a hallmark of superconducting crystals. LK99 has it!!!! This is huge
- Replying to @alexkaplan02. According to the authors, the LK-99 material can be prepared in about 34 hrs with extremely basic lab equipment (a mortar & pestle, basic vacuum, and furnace). These results could replicate within days-weeks.
- An industrial glycine manufacturer in hebei province is currently going viral on TikTok and the videos are sending me More in thread
00:00 - Replying to @alexkaplan06. Your iPhone won't overheat when playing subway surfer with a youtube video in the corner anymore! Ultra-efficient computer chips will have 0 resistive losses during operation with superconductors. No need for cooling fans!!
- Replying to @alexkaplan04. Quantum computers use superconductors to preserve coherence in qubits. Small changes in temperature and pressure can cause the entire QC to fail during operation. Imagine a room temperature quantum computer on your desktop - now possible.
- Replying to @alexkaplan05. Superconductors might be the best batteries out there. Simply inject a current and keep it in the coil until you need it. Previously, too costly to maintain. Now, totally feasible.
- Replying to @alexkaplan03. Nuclear fusion reactors rely on superconductors for plasma confinement. Modern designs use RBCO/YBCO superconductors cooled with LN2 or Liquid He, creating a huge temperature gradient and challenging operation. Ambient superconductors enable a whole host of new reactor designs
- Superconductivity research scholars in Korea have officially come together under a "replication committee" to investigate the claims of LK-99. Here is their initial assessment:
