I wonder if superconductivity occurs in the human body. On Aug 5, 2018 4:06 AM, "Roarty, Francis X" <francis.x.roa...@lmco.com> wrote:
> Calcium is a transition metal… found in limestone and coral and several > levitation legends. > > > > *From:* JonesBeene [mailto:jone...@pacbell.net] > *Sent:* Sunday, August 05, 2018 2:06 PM > *To:* vortex-l@eskimo.com > *Subject:* EXTERNAL: [Vo]:This could be the start of something big > > > > https://arxiv.org/abs/1807.08572 > > > > “Evidence for Superconductivity at Ambient Temperature and Pressure in > Nanostructures” > > > > Dev Kumar Thapa, Anshu Pandey (Submitted on 23 Jul 2018) India Institute > of Science. > > > > Specifically the authors who appear to be relatively unknown, found the > HTSC and Meissner effect in silver nanoparticles embedded in a gold matrix. > > > > However, it seems clear that they expect more depth to the discovery than > only gold and silver - and hopefully other less expensive combinations may > turn up. > > > > They started with a view towards discovering “non-phonon based electron > pairing mechanisms” – IOW plasmonic. > > > > Au and Ag are of course expensive precious metals with excellent normal > conductivity, both thermal and electric, and notably both have low > electron-phonon coupling and are not known to exhibit a superconducting > state independently. Is that basic set of parameters the start of a formula > which leads to other pairs such as zinc and cadmium or nickel and palladium? > > > > If there is broader applicability to other related pairs of transition > metals, and of course if this finding is easily and quickly replicated – > then it likely could be the start of an international race… which is > reminiscent of the discovery of HTSC in copper oxides in 1986 by IBM > researchers Bednorz and Muller, who were awarded the 1987 Nobel… and > which scenario could happen again here if this is real. > > > > Of course, the IBM discovery failed to live up to the early hype. > > > > Jones > > >
