[HN Gopher] Triplet Superconductor
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       Triplet Superconductor
        
       Author : jonbaer
       Score  : 38 points
       Date   : 2026-03-02 08:06 UTC (4 days ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.sciencedaily.com)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.sciencedaily.com)
        
       | pizzathyme wrote:
       | "Scientists may have...that ability could...early experiments
       | suggest...if verified, it could..."
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       | I have become jaded with publications that hedge like this. In my
       | experience most of these discoveries never pan out, they just
       | disappear. And not being in the field myself, I don't know how to
       | judge.
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       | Does anyone in quantum computing have a read on how big a deal
       | this is (or isn't)?
        
         | nomel wrote:
         | The majority of press releases, from universities, are complete
         | fan fiction. It's _so damn_ disheartening.
        
           | rando1234 wrote:
           | You should read them as publicity to convince stupid
           | politicians to continue to fund basic research when they are
           | more inclined to go for tax cuts for billionaires. Annoying,
           | but a necessary evil.
        
       | rluna828 wrote:
       | The limiting factor for quantum computers is keeping them cold.
       | Is this triple superconductor high temperature too? If not, it's
       | not going to change things much.
        
         | IndrekR wrote:
         | In QC, keeping cold is not just needed to superconduct, but to
         | reduce thermal noise to level below the energy levels operated
         | at.
        
         | readthenotes1 wrote:
         | 7k, kelvin that is, according to the fine article. Very very
         | cold, but better than nothing.
        
           | gus_massa wrote:
           | Note that liquid Helium boils at 4K, so anything hotter (like
           | 7K) is "easy", where "easy" means " _as easy as keeping a NMR
           | working in a Hospital_ ".
           | 
           | (There are probably a lot of other nasty details, but less
           | than 4K is harder.)
        
       | lkm0 wrote:
       | The manuscript has been out since October 2025, and back then it
       | didn't make so much noise. Looks like solid work, but more muted
       | in tone than this press release. https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.08110
        
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