Sep 22, 2020
To Study Zero Gravity, Levitate Fruit Flies
Posted by Quinn Sena in categories: biotech/medical, materials
Using superconductors, scientists can levitate small creatures such as fruit flies for long periods of time.
Scientists who want to study the effects of weightlessness have always had precious few options. There’s the “vomit comet,” NASA’s Weightless Wonder plane that creates a few seconds of weightlessness during parabolic flights. Or they could convince the space agency to actually launch their experiments into the great beyond.
But there might be an easier and cheaper way: levitation.
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