Magnetic levitation demonstrated using a Dremel tool spinning a magnet at 266 Hz. The rotor magnet is 7x7x7 mm3 and the floater magnet is 6x6x6 mm3. This video show the physics described in the work ...

Dark matter search: Team co-leader Christopher Tunnell is an associate professor of physics and astronomy at Rice University. (Courtesy: Jeff Fitlow/Rice) A tiny neodymium particle suspended inside a ...

A team of physicists at the Technical University of Denmark has found the reason a spinning magnet can cause a secondary magnet to levitate without the need for stabilization. In their paper published ...

Levitation of macroscopic objects in a vacuum is a key step towards the development of high-precision inertial sensors and pressure sensors, as well as towards the fundamental studies of quantum ...

A research team from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), on Friday, announced that it had achieved a major milestone in levitation technology by eliminating eddy-current damping in ...

From magnetic levitation tricks to fun pom-pom shooters, “Seeking A Scientist” podcast host Kate Biberdorf, known as Kate the Chemist, joins TODAY to share fun science experiments to do with your ...