The highly anticipated paper on the American room temperature superconducting farce has been officially withdrawn from publication

Dias' paper was once again withdrawnOn November 8th, Beijing time, one of the most prestigious journals in the scientific publishing industry, "Nature", officially withdrew a highly anticipated paper published in March this year, claiming to have discovered a superconductor that can work at daily temperatures.The protagonist of this withdrawal incident is Ranga Dias, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and physics at the University of Rochester in the United States

Dias' paper was once again withdrawn

On November 8th, Beijing time, one of the most prestigious journals in the scientific publishing industry, "Nature", officially withdrew a highly anticipated paper published in March this year, claiming to have discovered a superconductor that can work at daily temperatures.

The protagonist of this withdrawal incident is Ranga Dias, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering and physics at the University of Rochester in the United States. This is his second superconductor paper that has been withdrawn by the journal Nature in over a year. In 2021, his paper unrelated to superconductors was withdrawn by another magazine, and Dias was the main author of the paper at the time.

Dias and his colleagues' research is the latest paper to be withdrawn. Previously, the scientific and technological community published a series of papers on room temperature superconductivity, but none of them were successfully proven. However, the withdrawal incident also posed a troubling issue for Nature: why did the editors of Nature even publicly disclose this study after reviewing and withdrawing an earlier paper from the same group.

Explanation on Withdrawal of "Nature"

Dias spokesperson responded that Dias has denied allegations of misconduct in its research. Professor Dias intends to resubmit this scientific paper to a journal with a more independent editing program, "the spokesperson said.

Withdrawal "Master"

This is just another withdrawal incident by Dias. Less than three years ago, the journal Nature published a paper by Dias and other scientists, many of whom were the authors of the most recently withdrawn papers. This paper describes a different material that is also a superconductor, although it can only be achieved at extremely high pressure of nearly 40 million pounds per square inch. But other researchers have questioned some of the data in the paper. After investigation, despite the author's objections, Nature agreed to withdraw this paper in September 2022.

In August of this year, Physical Review Letters also withdrew a paper published by Dias in 2021, which described the interesting electrical properties of another compound, manganese sulfide, although it does not possess superconductivity. James Hamlin, a physics professor at the University of Florida, told the editor of the Physical Review Letters that the curve in a graph used to describe the resistance of manganese sulfide in the paper looks similar to the graph used in Dr. Dias' paper to describe the behavior of another material.

The external experts hired by Physical Review Express unanimously believed that the data similarity in the paper was suspicious, so the paper was withdrawn. Unlike the withdrawal from Nature magazine, all nine co authors of Dias' paper agreed to withdraw their contributions. Dias is the only opponent, insisting that the paper accurately describes the research results.

Next comes the latest superconductor paper. In a letter dated September 8th of this year, 8 out of 11 authors requested that the journal Nature withdraw the paper. They told the editor of Nature magazine, "Dias did not show a sincere attitude in preparing and submitting his paper manuscript

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