Levitation- Is It Possible?
From the scientists who told you that Harry Potter's Invisibility Cloak (one of the Deathly Hallows!) is scientifically possible, comes a new magic myth that might one day come true: levitation! How you ask? By reversing the Casimir Effect say professor Ulf Leonhardt and Dr. Thomas Philbin from the University of St. Andrew. Reversing the force will make it possible to build ultra-small nanomachines, or enable scientists to levitate bigger objects.
KNOW YOUR SCIENCE!
The Casimir Effect is a physical force that makes two objects stick because of changes in their energy fields. This effect is only detectable at the atomic level- that is, when two objects are extremely close to each other. The Casimir Effect explains why atoms stick together, or why geckos stick to walls.
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