Posted: Jan 30, 2017 5:23 pm
I saw this a few days ago and was interested enough to start making a thread, but the further I got with looking for sources to explain what was going on the more it seemed that there was a lot of reason to doubt the claim. Putting the case for why it might be more accurate to suggest "scientists haven't made metallic hydrogen" in layman's terms I found a fair few articles like these:-
http://www.forbes.com/sites/samlemonick ... 909edd1ae2
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 49056.html
http://www.nature.com/news/physicists-d ... en-1.21379
http://gizmodo.com/did-scientists-actua ... 1791694091
http://www.forbes.com/sites/samlemonick ... 909edd1ae2
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/scien ... 49056.html
five different experts have told Nature's news reporters that they don't believe the claim and that it could be based on an error. One scientist told the news organisation that the paper isn't “convincing at all”.
http://www.nature.com/news/physicists-d ... en-1.21379
other researchers have serious doubts about the claim, the latest in a field with a long history of failed attempts.
http://gizmodo.com/did-scientists-actua ... 1791694091