Every so often, along comes a story which, like [Fox Mulder] with his unexplained phenomena, we want to believe. EM drives and cold fusion for example would be the coolest of the cool if they worke…
I don’t know if LK-99 is a useful discovery, if its only property is diamagnetism.
Ferromagnetic semiconductors are a thing, they used to control quantum spin in quantum computers. They are made by doping a
semiconductor with a transition metal, and diamagnetic transition metals do exists.
Is a diamagnetic semiconductor still a useful discovery, or do we already have those?
Still useful, and possibly opens the door to a new branch of research using similar methods which might result in even more discoveries in the future.
Even if this turns out to be a complete nothingburger then as long as there wasn’t any fraud involved, it’s still useful for the future.
I don’t know if LK-99 is a useful discovery, if its only property is diamagnetism.
Ferromagnetic semiconductors are a thing, they used to control quantum spin in quantum computers. They are made by doping a semiconductor with a transition metal, and diamagnetic transition metals do exists.