Quantum Levitation

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25 October 2011
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We admit that science has never been our strong suit – a few half-remembered facts from GCSE and a collective crush on D:REAM-member-turned-astronomy pin-up Professor Brian Cox is about it. But even we were left dumbstruck by this video from The University of Tel-Aviv showing a disc of yttrium barium copper oxide floating due to quantum levitation. Truth be told we’re still struggling with how it does it (something to do with The Meisner Effect according to Wired ) but in terms of taking scientific research and devising a way to showcase it in the real world – this is extraordinarily creative. Mazel tov chaps!

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Rob Alderson

Rob joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in July 2011 before becoming Editor-in-Chief and working across all editorial projects including itsnicethat.com, Printed Pages, Here and Nicer Tuesdays. Rob left It’s Nice That in June 2015.

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