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2024-01-03 20:43:21 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

LK-99 has been disproven to be a hoax. None of the science has been replicated. The Beijing University of Science and Technology later revealed that the video was also a hoax. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2023/08/18/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-would-be-superconductor-that-transfixed-the-internet/?sh=4a305fd43662 https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lk-99-video-fraud-taken-down#:~:text=Beijing%20Superconductor%20Levitation%20Video%20Author%20Admits%20Fraud%2C%20Takes%20it%20Down,-News&text=This%20is%20only%20one%20of,to%20show%20the%20substance%20levitating.&text=There's%20been%20no%20slowing%20down,99%20alleged%20superconductor%20breakthrough%20saga.

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• LK-99 has been disproven to be a hoax. None of the science has been replicated. The Beijing University of Science and Technology later revealed that the video was also a hoax. https://www.forbes.com/sites/alexknapp/2023/08/18/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-would-be-superconductor-that-transfixed-the-internet/?sh=4a305fd43662 https://www.tomshardware.com/news/lk-99-video-fraud-taken-down#:~:text=Beijing%20Superconductor%20Levitation%20Video%20Author%20Admits%20Fraud%2C%20Takes%20it%20Down,-News&text=This%20is%20only%20one%20of,to%20show%20the%20substance%20levitating.&text=There's%20been%20no%20slowing%20down,99%20alleged%20superconductor%20breakthrough%20saga.