On July 22nd 2023, Sukbae Lee, Ji-Hoon Kim and Young-Wan Kwon — three scientists from Korea University in Seoul — published a research paper that many said could change the world as we know it. They claimed to have created the first room-temperature superconductor, a technology that could impact everything that runs on electricity.
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