Apparently, physics is an extremely cut-throat field where toes are constantly being stamped on and so special precautions are required. When the breakthrough work on the YBaCuO superconductors was being prepared for publication and sent out to confidential review, the authors referred to the compound as YbBaCuO not YBaCuO. All of a sudden people started to try duplicating experiments on YbBaCuO, with no success - surprise, surprise. Then, once the final proofs were sent for approval, they said "Oops. Typo." Devious.
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