New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects

New method uses heat flow to levitate variety of objects 02/24/2017 07:23 AM EST Third-year Frankie Fung and fourth-year Mykhaylo Usatyuk led a team of UChicago researchers who demonstrated how to levitate a variety of objects--ceramic and polyethylene spheres, glass bubbles, ice particles, lint strands and thistle seeds--between a warm plate and a cold plate in a vacuum chamber. Credit: University of Chicago Full story at https://news.uchicago.edu/article/2017/02/14/new-method-uses-heat-flow-levitate-variety-objects Source University of Chicago This is an NSF News From the Field item.   Follow NSF:  This email was sent using GovDelivery, on behalf of: National Science Foundation Update · 4201 Wilson Boulevard · Arlington, VA 22230 · 703-292-5111