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Published online 7 January 2009 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2009.4
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Quantum force gets repulsive
Casimir–Lifshitz effect could help nanoengineers out of a sticky situation.
A strange quantum force could be used to make tiny machine parts levitate in frictionless nanomachines of the future.
The Casimir effect describes the attraction that occurs between two parallel, uncharged metal plates held very close together in a vacuum.
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