SEOUL, Aug 3 (Reuters) - South Korean experts said on Thursday they would set up a committee to verify claims that a room temperature superconductor has been discovered, which has driven investor frenzy as well as peer skepticism since.
The researchers that made the claim did not respond immediately to a request for comment.
Shares in the U.S., China and South Korea have gained since the claim of a practical superconductor was made public, as investors made early bets despite skepticism among some scientists.
The global frenzy had been further stoked after a Chinese university published a video replicating the experiment.
An index tracking Chinese superconductor-related stocks has surged since late July, when the South Korean researchers published their papers, rising as much as 22%, though it gave up a large chunk of those gains on Thursday.
Persons:
Joyce Lee, Brenda Goh, Mark Potter
Organizations:
Korean Society, Quantum Energy Research Centre, Seoul National University, Sungkyunkwan University, Pohang University of Science, Technology, South, Jiangsu Etern Co, Thomson
Locations:
SEOUL, U.S, China, South Korea, Jiangsu