just when you I thought the hype about room temperature superconductors was over, but it's not.
Terra Quantum, a Swiss quantum algorithm startup, and a research laboratory at the State University of Campinas (Unicamp) in Brazil, claim to have discovered a form of graphite that superconducts at room temperature and pressure.
Terra Quantum is not a small operation. The company raised $60 million in early 2022 for its quantum platform as a service. But that doesn't mean you should get your hopes up.
Room-temperature superconductors, if ever found and independently confirmed, could revolutionize everything from electricity transmission to computing, electric vehicles, MRI machines, maglev trains, and more.
Lately, claims about room-temperature superconductivity seem to be blooming like flowers after a storm. In the last year alone, three high-profile cases have been discredited, retracted or seriously called into question.
Consider that the latter falls into the latter category. Researchers TechCrunch+ spoke to were skeptical that this new material is a room-temperature superconductor.
