South Korean Researchers’ Superconductor Breakthrough Draws Doubts Among Experts

South Korean researchers have recently published a paper about a room-temperature superconductor they created, a potentially groundbreaking creation that is met with skepticism by experts.

Superconducting materials have strange and unusual properties including magnetic levitation. ktsimage/iStock/Thinkstock

South Korean researchers have recently published a paper about a room-temperature superconductor they created, a potentially groundbreaking creation that is met with skepticism by experts.

In a paper published on the arXiv preprint server on July 22, researchers from the Quantum Energy Research Centre said they had successfully synthesized a room-temperature superconductor with a modified lead-apatite structure.