KenH
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A levitating train traveling at 14,000 mph would make quite a wreck if something went wrong.
"Imagine riding a levitating train at speeds of 14,000 miles per hour — cutting the trip from New York to Los Angeles to just 20 minutes.
A team of South Korean researchers say the science fiction fantasy is closer to reality than ever before with what they claim is a revolutionary breakthrough in superconductors.
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I take [the announcement] with the proverbial grain of salt, though this particular grain seems closer to the size of a rock,” Jens Koch, a physics professor at Northwestern University, told The Daily Beast.
“This is an area of research where breakthrough claims have been made in the past and then had to be retracted because they did not hold up under scrutiny.”
Koch added: “Some of my colleagues have already voiced concerns about the data presented by the South Korean group.”
“I will believe it if or when I see verification.”
rest at LK-99 superconductor breakthrough could mark 'new era'
"Imagine riding a levitating train at speeds of 14,000 miles per hour — cutting the trip from New York to Los Angeles to just 20 minutes.
A team of South Korean researchers say the science fiction fantasy is closer to reality than ever before with what they claim is a revolutionary breakthrough in superconductors.
...
I take [the announcement] with the proverbial grain of salt, though this particular grain seems closer to the size of a rock,” Jens Koch, a physics professor at Northwestern University, told The Daily Beast.
“This is an area of research where breakthrough claims have been made in the past and then had to be retracted because they did not hold up under scrutiny.”
Koch added: “Some of my colleagues have already voiced concerns about the data presented by the South Korean group.”
“I will believe it if or when I see verification.”
rest at LK-99 superconductor breakthrough could mark 'new era'
