What led to retraction of the article on room-temperature superconductivity in the journal <i>Nature</i>: a series of oversights or falsification?

Abstract

In 2020, the journal Nature published an article under the notorious title ``Room-temperature superconductivity in a carbonaceous sulfur hydride'' (Nature 586 373±377 (2020)) that caused, without exaggeration, an effect like an exploding bomb; after all, it was stated that one of the most important problems in modern physics (implementation of superconductivity at room temperature) has already been solved! In two years, the article has been cited over 500 times and read over 100,000 times. However, in the scientific community, the article led to a great deal of questions, skepticism, and severe criticism. Eventually, on September 26, 2022, Nature retracted this publication. We give here the main reasons for the retraction and our commentary on the significance of this act for the physics of high-temperature superconductivity in general and the superconductivity of hydrides in particular.

Electrophysics of carbon 1D structures obtained in a laser experiment: models and demonstration

“…This should determine the corresponding trends in the increase in electrical conductivity in such structures and enable predicting the manifestation of fundamental features in electrophysical properties based on new physical principles for the development of now widely discussed real prototypes of hybrid topological objects with possible superconducting states. Publications reporting research in these areas copiously appear with proposals for various structures and trigger active discussions, including the withdrawal of articles already published in a number of reputable journals (see, for example, comments in [118]). Arguably, it is carbon-containing 1D complexes in combination with various metals such as highentropy materials [119] that can be very promising candidates this area, where fundamental achievements can be expected.…”