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Yes! That was exactly what I was thinking of! I love one of the comments - "But might this physical stretching then also allow room temperature superconductors,
by BariumBlue 3y ago
Yes! That was exactly what I was thinking of! I love one of the comments - "But might this physical stretching then also allow room temperature superconductors, if not why not?"
They were thinking of stretching at a macro scale (like bending a bar of stuff), rather than essentially "stretching" at the chemical scale which is what I understand they did here. Super cool!
- NamTaf 3y agoIt gets even better. fwlr, in a comment further down that thread, expands: > I think the “tension axis” is more likely to be fruitful in a different way, where we find some structure e.g. a crystalline formation that happens to hold atoms apart with just the right amount of tension. But this is all very speculative - the “tension axis” is just a random thought I had while reading the article! They hit the nail on the head pretty well, I’d say! [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36487946 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36487946