2019.12.04

Quantum Gravity in the Lab

Levitating a particle of silica, via laser beam, is a first step toward experiments to test gravity on minuscule scales. The project is running at Markus Aspelmeyer's laboratory at the University of Vienna. credit: Mattia Balsamini

Levitating a particle of silica, via laser beam, is a first step toward experiments to test gravity on minuscule scales. The project is running at Markus Aspelmeyer's laboratory at the University of Vienna. credit: Mattia Balsamini

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