Room Temperature Super Conductor

[RoboGuy]

Hydrogen was first theorized to be capable of being a solid in 1935. It appears that this is possible. If it were to happen we would have a superconductor, and theoretically once you made this Metal Hydrogen (Actually a Metal) you could in theory have a superconductor at room temperatures. Needless to say this is a scientific holy grail. Superconductors are important to power transmission, as they present near 100% efficiency. As well as a room temperature supercapacitor would reduce maintenance. There are also other fuel/energy applications. (as well as explosives)

Hydrogen -

http://gizmodo.com/physicists-appear-to-be-closing-in-on-an-elusive-state-1751432920

 

importance of superconductors -

https://helix.northwestern.edu/article/superpowers-superconductors

[Curufinwe_wins]

1 hour ago, RoboGuy said:

Hydrogen was first theorized to be capable of being a solid in 1935. It appears that this is possible. If it were to happen we would have a superconductor, and theoretically once you made this Metal Hydrogen (Actually a Metal) you could in theory have a superconductor at room temperatures. Needless to say this is a scientific holy grail. Superconductors are important to power transmission, as they present near 100% efficiency. As well as a room temperature supercapacitor would reduce maintenance. There are also other fuel/energy applications. (as well as explosives)

Hydrogen -

http://gizmodo.com/physicists-appear-to-be-closing-in-on-an-elusive-state-1751432920

 

importance of superconductors -

https://helix.northwestern.edu/article/superpowers-superconductors

Ugh... when random non-science people report on breakthroughs.... So painful.

 

 

Anyways, this is cool, but not relevant at all.... 

 

The best chance of so called room temperature super conductors is Hydrogen Sulfide by far. And even then, LN2 capable cuprates are more likely to see wide spread adoption because the practicality of pressuring an extremely poisonous gas is far worse than a blanket sheath of LN2.

[Syntaxvgm]

Title implies one of the most important scientific breakthroughs in recent time was finally achieved. 

Article says maybe soon. 

 

This isn't news, let alone tech news. 

[Bsmith]

OP ( @RoboGuy ) I respect you for trying, but sadly I have to say that you failed yourself.

 

The article of gizmodo says that reaching metallic hydrogen with absent temperature and pressure would be the ultimate achievement, but that is currently far from reality, since like they said (and @Curufinwe_wins did) even so called "hot super conductors" need to be cooled down with liquid nitrogen to achieve their goal of super conduction.

I personally miss way to much information out of the article in your post to make any sense of it.
That being said, the idea of metallic hydrogen being real is already known for a while, since it is the only things that would explain gas giants in our solar system, but also that is only a guess which isn't sure.

from the article.

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It’s possible physicists will never find the truly solid form of metallic hydrogen they seek—and even if the Edinburg scientists do find it in a diamond anvil cell in the future, it won’t bear much resemblance to that original 1935 prediction. Nellis points out that Wigner and Huntington weren’t at all sure their predicted phase of metallic hydrogen would form at all. “It has never been observed in any solid phase of hydrogen,” he said.

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Apart from the coolness factor, a truly solid phase of metallic hydrogen would be useful for all kinds of applications—assuming it could be “quenched to ambient pressure and temperature,” Nellis told Gizmodo via email. That’s a pretty tall order. The technical challenges are formidable, but if physicists ever succeeded, we could have a room-temperature superconductor on our hands. (Most superconducting materials, even the so-called high-temperaure superconductors, require complicated cooling systems, since they only become superconducting at temperatures on par with liquid helium and liquid nitrogen.)

 

please don't ever pull scientific news out of it's original and well meant context, because then you get something that doesn't resemble anything and doesn't make sense at all.
The final thing I wanted to say has just been said by @Syntaxvgm this is NOT news not tech related.

I applaus you for trying, but sadly not for delivering it well.