"Controversial Room Temperature Superconductor Paper Retracted, Leaving Claims in Disarray"

The claims of a potential room-temperature superconductor have been discredited after a third high-profile paper was retracted due to allegations of data manipulation and scientific misconduct. The paper, which proposed room-temperature superconductivity in lutetium hydride, was retracted following concerns about the reliability of the presented data. This follows the retraction of two previous papers by the same group. The retraction is a setback for the superconductivity community, which has been striving to achieve room-temperature superconductivity for its potential applications in various technologies.