Tarball@lemmy.worldtoExplain Like I'm Five@lemmy.world•ELI5: Why is the recent LK-99 superconductor news a big deal?English
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1 year agoSuperconductors can transmit energy with no loss. However current superconductors require very low temps.
Room temp superconductors would open the door to much more efficient transmission of electricity in everything from the electric grid to your home computer.
Now whether the LK-99 can be replicated reliably, verified to be superconducting and what the properties of LK-99 would be at scale would dictate how it could be used (is it malleable? does it wear? are there things that cause it to lose its superconductive properties?).
He wasn’t convicted of paying off a porn star. He was convicted of fake business records and falsifying records to promote getting elected.
Not sure how that’s a presidential official act.
But maybe in the orange brain, he’s always been president.