[hutzlibu]

"This makes me way more excited this discovery miiight be for real."

I agree it is a strong indicator, that there might be more to it, when there is already fighting about the rewards. It is a shame though, if it really works, there should be enough fame (and money) for everyone involved.

I mean, a worldwide lossles energy grid, high speed trains, fusion plants and floating cars do sound nice .. assuming the material is real and can be mass produced eventually. Till then, I remain sceptical, though.

[zamalek]

It's only a superconductor at milliamps, so we'll need another material for your high energy examples. The biggest deal would be providing a trajectory to materials science.

[hutzlibu]

If it would be reliable working at milliamps, I am sure it can be put to practical use in my sci fi scenarios eventually (1000 cables with 1 milliamps each should add up to 1 amp?). Of course, unless it all just is a quirky side effect, that can never be put to practical use.

[robinduckett]

It’s a ceramic so hard to make wires from

[KiwiJohnno]

Regular YBCO "high temp" superconductor (that needs liquid nitrogen) is also a ceramic.

[hutzlibu]

Only some applications require flexible cables. All of "my" use cases should be fine with using ceramics. I really don't think this will be the problem ...

[hutzlibu]

In case I was missunderstood: it won't be the problem to use ceramic, compared to making mass produced room temperatur superconductors. This will be hard either way, if currently no other lab can even reproduce it.