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Why is the recent news around the LK-99 room-temperature superconductor such a big deal? What material impact would those findings have on electronics and modern technology?

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https://www.tomshardware.com/news/superconductor-breakthrough-replicated-twice

Saw this earlier today on Tom's Hardware, haven't dived much deeper into the sources than that, but it seems promising that it may not be a fake