How much does ‘nothing’ weigh?(scientificamerican.com)
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How much does ‘nothing’ weigh?
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-much-does-nothing-weigh/?ref=thebrowser.com
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The first sentence of the article "It does something to you when you drive in here for the first time" probably gives you a sense of how worthwhile it'll be reading the rest. If you're looking for a human interest story go right ahead.
The article goes into detail about the experimental setup. According to the article they are going to use cuprates mounted on a balance. The deviations in the balance are going to be read using laser interferometry. They are using cuprates so they can easily switch between a superconducting phase and an insulating phase. This is to measure if the virtual particles have a buoyancy force.
The reason why they want to test this is explained in the paragraphs above it. It also explains why this method was chosen and what the difficulties are.
I have no idea why you would categorize this as a human interest story.
The reason why they want to test this is explained in the paragraphs above it. It also explains why this method was chosen and what the difficulties are.
I have no idea why you would categorize this as a human interest story.
Is it silly for a layman to ask what is the natural density of the vacuum energy?
* https://closertotruth.com/news/levels-of-nothing-by-robert-l...
Also various physicists:
* https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/observations/physicists...
The general field of the study of being:
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontology