SUPERCONDUCTORS: DISCOVERY OR DELUSION?

Most of us will admit to telling the occasional white lie. But what happens when dishonesty creeps into a field built on the pursuit of truth?

In the high-stakes world of scientific discovery, deception can have enormous consequences. But alarmingly, as many as 12% of researchers say they know a colleague who has faked data.

One cutting-edge field of scientific inquiry has seen more than its fair share of hoaxes and dodgy data: superconductors.

How could a true superconductors breakthrough change the world? Why are some scientists so desperate to achieve it that they resort to deception? And what can be done to stop it?