Strange forces and effects dominate the world at the microscopic level. One such force, rooted in the random fluctuations of matter, has only now been accurately measured — 30 years after it was first predicted.
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Balibar, S. The force of fluctuations. Nature 451, 136–137 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451136a
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