| ▲ | Legend2440 an hour ago |
| Interesting; but until actually made and tested, not worth getting excited over. |
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| ▲ | devmor an hour ago | parent [-] |
| One of the materials is most likely impossible to synthesize. The other already exists, so that may actually be capable of being tested. It's only been synthesized once, 27 years ago though. |
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| ▲ | nrmitchi an hour ago | parent [-] | | > One of the materials is most likely impossible to synthesize Is this a "actual impossible because it's inherently contradictory", or "we just don't know how to do it yet but give us a year"? | | |
| ▲ | Legend2440 an hour ago | parent | next [-] | | We don't know a way to precisely place atoms in a checkerboard pattern like that, without getting it so hot that the arrangement is destroyed. It maybe could be possible but beyond the reach of current material science. | | |
| ▲ | nrmitchi 36 minutes ago | parent [-] | | I personally thinks that’s the more optimistic of the two options; I’ll take it as a win for today |
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| ▲ | devmor 35 minutes ago | parent | prev [-] | | "Likely Impossible" as in, we would need a revolutionary discovery in how thermodynamics apply to crystal formation. |
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