<story><title>Evidence for superconductivity above 260 K at megabar pressures (2018)</title><url>https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.07695</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>tasty_freeze</author><text>I&amp;#x27;ve seen this research cited a few times (perhaps even here on HN) and every time the conversation is centered on whether this is practical or the naysayers moaning how this isn&amp;#x27;t practical.&lt;p&gt;The research isn&amp;#x27;t intended for commercial, practical use. There is no point in discussing it in such terms.&lt;p&gt;The interesting thing is that this behavior was predicted by models, and the experiment confirms the model. That is it. Perhaps with increased confidence in the models it will lead to improvements in practical superconductors in time, but not now.</text></comment>
<story><title>Evidence for superconductivity above 260 K at megabar pressures (2018)</title><url>https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.07695</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>pitaj</author><text>The necessary pressure isn&amp;#x27;t that important. Obviously using this material under those conditions in the real world won&amp;#x27;t be realistic.&lt;p&gt;However, what this shows is that superconductivity is possible at those temperatures, and that pressure is a factor to further investigate when experimenting with other candidate materials.</text></comment>