Explainer: LK99, superconductors and a possible real solution to the energy crisis

A new paper published by Sinéad Griffin, an Irish scientist based at the University of California at Berkeley, has backed up research that could change the very way we live. Griffin’s paper supports the idea that a substance called LK99 can be used to run a superconductor at room temperature.

What does that mean and what are the potential implications?

What is a superconductor?

Superconductors are materials that can conduct electrical current with zero resistance. ...