Diamagnetic levitation is a technique that uses a strong, spatially-varying magnetic field to levitate diamagnetic materials, such as water and biological cells. This technique has the potential to ...

Diamagnetic levitation systems employ the unique properties of diamagnetic materials, such as pyrolytic graphite, in conjunction with permanent magnets to achieve stable, contactless levitation at ...

Using powerful magnets to levitate fruit flies can provide vital clues to how biological organisms are affected by weightless conditions in space, researchers at The University of Nottingham say. The ...

The technique, known as ''diamagnetic levitation'', allows water and organic based materials to become weightless. Floating freely inside a plastic tube, the flies were observed closely to spot any ...

On Earth all biology is subjected to gravity. Some biological systems require gravity for correct orientation (geotropism: plants grow up, roots grow down). In the absence of gravity even human ...

Scientists have deployed Harry Potter-style powers to levitate fruit flies and watch them walk on air to better understand how humans move around in space. They performed the seemingly magical feat by ...

A new study that examines the way magnetic fields that simulate weightlessness on Earth affect how fruit flies walk could help scientists understand microgravity's influence on humans and other ...

Gravity potentially affects all biological processes on Earth, even though this may be hard to believe while we watch flies walking around on our ceilings as though gravity did not matter to them at ...

Using magnetic levitation to imitate weightlessness, physicists have manufactured solid wax models of splash form tektites. "These wax models provide the first direct experimental validation for ...

When thinking of levitation, one often pictures a concentrated magician and a lady floating in the air, or a levitating guru. However, this is only an optical illusion or quackery. The physical ...

The chinese team from HUST has successfully for the first time verify and synthesize the LK-99 crystals which can be magnetically levitated with larger levitated angle than Sukbae Lee’s sample at room ...

Trains that zip between cities at 300 mph, using magnetic levitation (maglev) to fly on air, have been promised for years. But so far, only a few miles of expensive maglev track have been funded. Now, ...