{"id":169477,"date":"2023-08-11T14:23:40","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/netherlands-british-dutch-scientists-make-frog-float-in-mid-air"},"modified":"2023-08-11T14:23:40","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T19:23:40","slug":"netherlands-british-dutch-scientists-make-frog-float-in-mid-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/netherlands-british-dutch-scientists-make-frog-float-in-mid-air","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands: British &amp; Dutch Scientists Make Frog Float in Mid-Air"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"display: block; margin: 0 auto; width: 100%; aspect-ratio: 4\/3; object-fit: contain;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KlJsVqc0ywM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope;\n   picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude17\ud83d\ude01Year 2015<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>(12 Apr 1997) English\/Nat.<br \/> British and Dutch scientists using a giant magnetic field have made a frog float in mid-air, and might even be able to do the same thing with a human being.<br \/> The team from Britain\u2019s University of Nottingham and the University of Nijmegen in the Netherlands has also succeeded in levitating plants, grasshoppers and fish.<br \/> Scientists at the University of Nijmegen in Holland have managed to make a frog float six feet (approximately two metres) in the air \u2014 and they say the trick could easily be repeated with a human.<br \/> The secret is not magic but a powerful magnetic field which overcomes the force of gravity.<br \/> The field makes the frog\u2019s atoms generate a weak magnetic force in the opposite direction.<br \/> This causes it to be repelled in the same way as like poles of two magnets.<br \/> Plants, grasshoppers and fish have been levitated by the research team in the same way.<br \/> NASA, apparently, is extremely interested in the experiment in order to be able to test the effects of weightlessness on astronauts without having to put them into space.<br \/> Easy, says team leader Dr Andre Geim.<br \/> SOUNDBITE: (English)<br \/> There is no problem with putting a man by this magnetic levitation, to fly in the air. Technically we can do it with you without any problems.<br \/> SUPER CAPTION: Dr Andre Geim, Director of the High Field Magnetic Laboratory of the Catholic University of Nijmegen.<br \/> And for those worried about the effects on the frog \u2014 don\u2019t worry.<br \/> He\u2019s not hopping mad \u2014 quite the opposite, in fact.<\/p>\n<p>Find out more about AP Archive: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/HowWeWork\">http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/HowWeWork<\/a>.<br \/> Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Archive\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AP_Archive<\/a>.<br \/> Facebook: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/APArchives\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/APArchives<\/a><br \/> Instagram: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/APNews\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/APNews\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>#frog #float.<\/p>\n<p>You can license this story through AP Archive: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/metadata\/youtube\/f760c710bc6ebc4556bfd7fb75d70404\">http:\/\/www.aparchive.com\/metadata\/youtube\/f760c710bc6ebc4556bfd7fb75d70404<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"> <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/08\/netherlands-british-dutch-scientists-make-frog-float-in-mid-air\">Continue reading \u201cNetherlands: British &amp; Dutch Scientists Make Frog Float in Mid-Air\u201d | &gt;<\/a><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\ude17\ud83d\ude01Year 2015 (12 Apr 1997) English\/Nat. 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