> superconduction along huge distances is a likely no-go given pressures involved,
Pedantic note: they said only for this material, not a no-go in general. Not sure if you caught that.
"Strained silicon" is a technique for achieving faster frequencies in modern CPU by applying force to the lattice with another deposition layer. I wonder if properties of the lattice under pressure can be instigated either by similar process, or even during phase change when creating the material.
Off the top of my head, that sounds like you're off in the pressure requirement by multiple orders of magnitude. The pressure used for the superconductor is enough to shatter diamond. Creating strain in a lattice like that would just shear the materials apart.
Material tensile strength can be orders of magnitude higher than compression. I wouldn't dismiss the possibility of microscopic level internally stressed materials reaching such pressures.
I also know nothing about material science so it's baseless speculation
Pedantic note: they said only for this material, not a no-go in general. Not sure if you caught that.
"Strained silicon" is a technique for achieving faster frequencies in modern CPU by applying force to the lattice with another deposition layer. I wonder if properties of the lattice under pressure can be instigated either by similar process, or even during phase change when creating the material.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strained_silicon