Fundamental physics: Feel the force

被引：57
作者：
Ball, Philip
机构：
[1] Philip Ball is a consultant editor for Nature.,
来源：
NATURE | 2007年 / 447卷 / 7146期
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D O I：
10.1038/447772a
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
When two objects separated by a vacuum are barely a whisker apart, a strange attraction comes into play. Philip Ball meets the physicists who are trying to make something out of nothing.
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