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A proposed pooled-testing method mixes candidate materials into one sample; a superconducting result would indicate that at least one source material was superconducting.
Ekin Dogus Cubuk · Synthesis Superintelligence: from Semiconductors to Superconductors — Periodic Labs’ Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk · 8 Oct 2026
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“So people thought about taking the different candidates,”
“mixing them all into one sample and putting it in.”
“And if it has superconductivity, you know that one of the sources did.”Play from 1:08:42Report a misattribution
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