Replication of room-temperature superconductor claims fails to show superconductivity

Phys.org  May 17, 2023 Researchers in China attempting to replicate the superconductivity results from an experiment conducted by a team at the University of Rochester (UoR) doping a lutetium-hydrogen chemical with nitrogen. The team in China found that the process did lead to the formation of a compound that at first glance appeared to be identical to that created by the team at UoR. A closer look using energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy showed its structure, a hydrogen-lutetium-nitrogen compound, that looked nearly identical to the UoR compound. The Chinese team even found the same color changes reported by the UoR team […]