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trolololol@lemmy.world 1 day agoWhen you say macroscopic time are we talking about seconds or years? Wondering whether we can actually build a circuit or something if we could produce a few mg of it.
Bags@piefed.social 1 day ago
It depends on which theorist you talk to. Some say seconds to minutes, others say days to weeks, the nutcases say thousands to millions of years.
And at the end of the day, the electrical properties of these elements probably aren't that interesting or useful, and almost certainly won't be like, semiconductors or anything fun. Just dumb, heavy, really fucking radioactive wire lol.
AA5B@lemmy.world 1 day ago
As long as it could be thousands of years we can dream about fantastic new elements that could make arc reactors or interstellar travel possible.
The more likely reality is a boring line of research of interest only to scientists