Quantum Levitation Demo of the Day: The Superconductivity Group at the University of Tel-Aviv’s School of Physics recently demonstrated “quantum locking,” whereby a magnet cooled in liquid nitrogen can actually levitate above (or below) a track, locked at a constant height in a magnetic field.
Scientists can tilt the magnet at an angle or push it around the track, and it stays locked. They can also pick it up and relock it at a different height.
So, does this mean we can finally have our (frozen, height-locked) hoverboards?
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