"Multiple Room-Temperature Superconductor Studies Retracted, Dashing Hopes"
A study claiming the discovery of a room-temperature superconductor, published in Nature in March, has been retracted at the request of most of its authors. This is the second retraction of a superconductor study by the same team. Superconductors, which can carry electrical currents with zero resistance, have typically required extremely cold temperatures and high pressure to function. Finding a room-temperature superconductor could have transformative applications in electrical grids, quantum computing, and transportation. However, doubts were raised about the data in the study, leading to its retraction. Another claim of a room-temperature superconductor made by South Korean physicists also faced skepticism and has largely been debunked.
