Roomtemperature superconductors would change the world, but they've remained in science fiction. Until now. Maybe. Here's why everyone's talking about them.
Room temperature superconductors are a scientific holy grail. They’re like economically viable carbon capture, nuclear rocket engines, or energy net-positive fusion reactions. They’re something that should be doable, we think we can do it, but we just haven’t quite got there yet, despite years of efforts. Except, someone’s now claiming to have done just that.
Related This has lots of exciting uses, but the traditional problem with superconductors is that they require extremely low temperatures and/or high pressure. That requires special equipment and a lot of consistent energy to achieve such states, which makes the practical capabilities of traditional superconductors extremely limited.
The researchers claim that their modified version of lead apatite has done it without any of those stipulations. This is momentous news. Only three people can share a Nobel prize. These researchers think they’re on to something, and they may well be. The zero-resistance nature of superconductors would let us revolutionize the electrical grid, eliminating wastage through material resistance. That drops the global electricity use dramatically, massively accelerating aims to bring the world to net zero. Better yet, it allows long0distance transmission of power like never before. It would unlock Sahara Desert solar panel projects, or global-scale international electrical grid sharing.
That’s just the tip of the iceberg. Room temperature superconductors are such a pie-in-the-sky technology, that were they truly achievable, there are undoubtedly countless unknown benefits we have yet to discover.
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