Science

New Method Uses Heat Flow to Levitate Variety of Objects

Vacuum chamber. UChicago researchers achieved levitation of macroscopic objects between warm and cold plates in a vacuum chamber. Photo by: Jean Lachat

Two Univerity of Chicago undergraduates lead breakthrough work

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–February 15, 2017

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By Greg Borzo

Although scientists have been able to levitate specific types of material, a pair of UChicago undergraduate physics students helped take the science to a new level.

Third-year Frankie Fung and fourth-year Mykhaylo Usatyuk led a team of UChicago researchers…

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