Successful growth and room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99 · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2308.01516/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTSuccessful growth and room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99 — mentioned by srslackhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37046098urn:hackerpapers:mention:2308.01516:37046098Tue, 08 Aug 2023 08:29:21 GMT<p>https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01516 https://nitter.net/altryne/status/1686279028523847680</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2308.01516/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.supr-conSuccessful growth and room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99 — mentioned by macromaniachttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37036173urn:hackerpapers:mention:2308.01516:37036173Mon, 07 Aug 2023 15:56:41 GMT<p>The picture on figure 4 of this paper rules out ferromagnetism, assuming it&#x27;s legit https://arxiv.org/pdf/2308.01516.pdf</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2308.01516/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.supr-conSuccessful growth and room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99 — mentioned by yorwbahttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37003679urn:hackerpapers:mention:2308.01516:37003679Fri, 04 Aug 2023 18:14:48 GMT<p>The article references two kinds of sources: arXiv posts, which get numbered footnotes; and posts on other websites, which get inline links. One of those links is allocated to some guy on Twitter making fun of unconfirmed levitation videos. There are no links to any of those videos. Clearly, the author considers scientists publishing videos of their work less deserving of attention than making fun of those scientists. I think that reflects badly on their character, and badly on nature.com for hosting it. (Also, an article published on 2023-08-04 should be able to refer to an arXiv post from…</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2308.01516/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.supr-conSuccessful growth and room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99 — mentioned by neltnerbhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36994714urn:hackerpapers:mention:2308.01516:36994714Fri, 04 Aug 2023 02:24:13 GMT<p>Shocking... https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.01516</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2308.01516/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.supr-conSuccessful growth and room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99 — HN submissionhttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36994214urn:hackerpapers:submission:2308.01516:36994214Fri, 04 Aug 2023 01:15:32 GMT<p>Successful room temperature ambient-pressure magnetic levitation of LK-99</p><p></p><p>2408 points; 1199 discussion replies on HN. <a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2308.01516/">Paper and source history</a>. A submission is not an endorsement.</p>cond-mat.supr-con