Manual atomic distortion, not cooling/ pressure, in bilayer lanthanum nickel oxide, can switch on room-temperature superconductivity

https://phys.org/news/2026-04-atomic-distortions-reveal-clues-superconductivity.html

"superconductivity driven by 2 specific atomic changes: (1) under compressive strain, oxygen atoms rearrange themselves into more symmetrical configuration, facilitating electrons' pairing up, (2) tilting nickel-oxygen structures... recreates hydrostatic pressure effect without massive/ expensive machinery by growing material on specific substrates that stretch/ squeeze atoms into place... room-temperature superconductivity by manually distorting atomic grids rather than relying on extreme cold or pressure"