Ranga Dias, the physicist who claims to have discovered the first room-temperature superconductor, was found to have engaged in “research misconduct,” The Wall Street Journal reports.
An investigation has found that the physicist who claimed to have developed the world’s first room-temperature superconductor engaged in “research misconduct,” according to a report from The Wall Street Journal. Ranga Dias, a researcher and assistant professor at the University of Rochester, has been under investigation by a committee of outside experts since last August over concerns about the accuracy of his findings.
The supposed superconductor went viral on social media as some touted it as a major physics breakthrough. However, the hype quickly wore off as scientists found inconsistencies in Dias’ research that suggested LK-99 is not a superconductor. This paper, along with some of Dias’ other work, has been retracted. The committee “identified data reliability concerns in those papers,” a spokesperson for the University of Rochester tells the Journal.
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