Skip to main content

The fastest-spinning object ever made could help spot quantum friction in a vacuum. A torque detector that uses a spinning nanoparticle suspended in a laser beam inside a vacuum is 700 times as sensitive as the previous best torque sensor.


Comments

Popular posts from this blog

Astronomers need your help to learn how supermassive black holes are born. Because new research shows citizen scientists are actually better than computer algorithms at tracing the spiral arms of galaxies, your work can help shed light on the mysterious formation and evolution of giant black holes.

Read more