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Published online 29 November 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news061127-6
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Small animals levitated by sound
Insects and fish emerge intact from uplifting experience.
In northern China there are flying fish and flying ants like you've never seen before. Scientists at Northwestern Polytechnical University in Xian have used sound waves to levitate these and other small creatures while they are still alive, without causing them any apparent harm.
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