Is LK-99 is a black swan? A worldwide race to validate whether the material is a room temperature, ambient-pressure superconductor is still ongoing. Beyond the initial coverage rush, well over a dozen research teams are working at breakneck speed to validate the original South Korean claims around the copper-lead-apatite compound.
According to a real-time Wikipedia live-tracker, a total of 16 separate teams are working on the replication efforts as we speak — 16 that we know of, anyway. Considering the claims that LK-99 has already been synthesized over a Russian kitchen sink, you can bet that a number of efforts all across the world are underway to crack LK-99. From government agencies to corporations and even individuals, the race is on.
