Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST) scientists have achieved a levitation breakthrough by creating a virtually frictionless, macroscopic levitating disk, which requires no external power to magically float above a series of rare-earth magnets.
The researchers behind the historic achievement believe their levitating disk, which resists magnetic eddy forces that can reduce its sensitivity, could be adapted to sensors designed to measure extremely small forces. These include interactions of dark matter and dark energy, as well as those found in the quantum realm.
