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Artificial Gravity Produced in Laboratory

citebase.org — Scientist with the European Space Agency are reporting a very weak (10^-4 g) but detectable gravitational force from spinning superconductors. It not only challenges what is predicted from General Relativity but, if confirmed, would be the first time gravity has been artificially produced in the laboratory.

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  • longofest, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Sweet... we just need to crank up the power, work on a warp drive, and we'll have good ole' NCC 1701-D.
  • m4dc4p, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Sure, it doesn't SAY artificial gravity, but it is talking about "generating" gravity. Close enough for me. digg.
  • drunkenirish, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Can't wait till they make it portable, and then you can slide one under a coworker's chair and set it to 2 or 3 times earth gravity, so they can't get up.

    or as they say on Fark.com...

    "Scientists make gravity portable. Hilarity ensues."
  • bigboy101011, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1One step closer to The Pillar of Autumn
  • bamaguy1306, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Here is the Physorg.com article: http://www.physorg.com/news12054.html
  • n00854180t, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://www.aias.us
  • llammamama, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0No dig thanks to "artificial gravity", but the article had a sentance that struck me as amusing:

    "the measured field is a surprising one hundred million trillion times larger than Einstein's General Relativity predicts"
  • maikelnai, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Can anyone tell me where the words "Artificial Gravity" appears on the linked text?

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