Category
page 1Levitation
Casimir effect
Physical force caused by virtual particles
levitation
physical process by which an object is held aloft, without mechanical support, in a stable position
optical tweezers
instrument using a highly focused laser to provide an attractive or repulsive force (on the order of piconewtons) to hold and move microscopic dielectric objects similar to tweezers
Earnshaw's theorem
Mathematical demonstration applied in electro-magnetism
acoustic levitation
method for suspending matter in a medium by using acoustic radiation pressure from intense sound waves in the medium
Viktor Grebennikov
Russian scientist, naturalist, entomologist and paranormal researcher (1927-2001)