I'm not even going to pretend to understand how this works, or why the scientist dude isn't flash-freezing his fingers on the liquid nitrogen-soaked puck. But it's nifty, I'll give 'em that! Thanks again to Stupid Monkey Planet for helping keep things interesting around here!
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Cool Party Trick: Frozen Puck Hovers in Mid-Air
Researchers at the school of physics and astronomy at Tel Aviv University have created a track around which a superconductor can float, thanks to the phenomenon of “quantum levitation“. . .
Read more at: Life's Little Mysteries
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