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Pramodh Senarath Yapa

@pramodhyapa

Condensed Matter theorist: Postdoctoral Fellow @ U Innsbruck ¦ PhD @ U Alberta ¦
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This retraction is probably the beginning of the end of the room-temperature superconducting hydride story. If it does turn out to be fraud once the raw data is published, oh boy, the fallout is going to be messy. 😬 science.org/content/articl…

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Most hilarious part of the #APSMarch Meeting so far goes to whoever Rick Rolled all of the attendees through the official meeting app.

Most hilarious part of the #APSMarch Meeting so far goes to whoever Rick Rolled all of the attendees through the official meeting app.
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Okay, I retract my previous tweet: the most hilarious part of the #APSMarch Meeting is that the session with the alleged "room temperature" superconductor talk is poised for so much drama that they have a sheriff turning away people with some questionable tactics.

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I get that the group *says* they're being open about techniques/data but good lord if I were claiming room temperature superconductivity I would bend over backward to share literally everything -- particularly if the group had accusations of prior data-related shenanigans.

I get that the group *says* they're being open about techniques/data but good lord if I were claiming room temperature superconductivity I would bend over backward to share literally everything -- particularly if the group had accusations of prior data-related shenanigans.
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'Very interesting discussion' is underselling this - there are comments from multiple people bringing up some very serious issues. I'm now collecting bets on how long before this new "room temperature superconductivity" paper is retracted. 💀

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Interesting to contrast this versus the last big announcement at #APSMarch. 2018, Moire materials: Session AND an overflow room packed, session livestreamed. 2023, RT SC: room kept to seated capacity, dude with a sheriff badge threatening people who wanted to get in. 🤔

Dan Garisto (@dangaristo) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Yesterday, Ranga Dias made new superconductivity claims. I spent the last month investigating allegations of data manipulation in the retracted 2020 CSH paper which claimed to observe the first room-temperature superconductor. physics.aps.org/articles/v16/40

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Recently, researchers found significant problems with the infamous Google holographic wormhole teleportation experiment. Claimed signatures of wormhole dynamics may have been artefacts of the small system size. Charlie Wood dives into the details: quantamagazine.org/wormhole-exper…

Pramodh Senarath Yapa (@pramodhyapa) 's Twitter Profile Photo

'Sitzfleisch' might just be my new favourite word! Though it would be more useful/relateable if there was one word for lack-of-Sitzfleisch as well.

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This is such a great read! I wonder if anyone has tried to apply this 'resurgence' method to strong coupling problems in condensed matter physics? If it's useful for high energy problems, I can't see any reason why it wouldn't be useful for CMP!

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Probably the worst thing about climate change is that future generations will have a harder time finding a room-temperature superconductor as indoor temperatures soar. 😥 #LK99