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I hope this doesn't end up like a physics equivalent to Fermat's Last Theorem


That would be better than the physics equivalent of cold fusion (which seemed promising at first, but turns out to not exist - at least so far). Only time will tell, though if it really is, but so difficult to replicate that we need a few hundred years it may as well never exist for purposes of our lifetime.


Assuming that replications fail but they really do have samples of a superconductor that can be thoroughly examined, this is still fantastic.

Once we know the exact structure, the problem of synthesis is very solvable.




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