RIVERSIDE, Calif. – The Casimir force, also known as the Casimir effect, is typified by the small attractive force that acts between two close parallel uncharged conducting plates. Today, this force ...

New Haven, Conn.—A team of Yale University researchers has discovered a "repulsive" light force that can be used to control components on silicon microchips, meaning future nanodevices could be ...

Researchers have discovered a "repulsive" light force that can be used to control components on silicon microchips, meaning future nanodevices could be controlled by light rather than electricity. A ...

Scientists can put two uncharged metal plates close together in a vacuum, and 'voila!' -- they will attract each other. In 1948, Dutch theoretical physicist Hendrick Casimir first predicted an ...

Limited wavelengths: the Casimir effect arises because virtual photons at certain wavelengths cannot emerge in a gap between two plates (Courtesy: iStock/4X-image) Physicists in the US have worked out ...

Scientists have only recently described a force called the “optical binding force,” which is produced when light moves down a waveguide, and acts tangentially as light passes by an object. The ...

Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) was invented in 1986. It uses various forces that occur when two objects are brought within nanometres of each other. An AFM can work either when the probe is in contact ...

On the move: a sequence of electron micrographs showing pairs of skyrmions as they respond to a magnetic field that increases from left to right. (Courtesy: Haifeng Du et al/Phys. Rev. Lett.) ...