{"id":664,"date":"2019-04-18T10:26:52","date_gmt":"2019-04-18T09:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theoscience.org\/?p=664"},"modified":"2019-04-18T10:26:54","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T09:26:54","slug":"levitating-objects-with-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/2019\/04\/18\/levitating-objects-with-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Levitating Objects With Light"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Physic<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Date: March 2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: Phys.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"936\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/levitation.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-665\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/levitation.jpeg 936w, https:\/\/theoscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/levitation-300x231.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/theoscience.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/levitation-768x591.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A new research,  performed in the Caltech&#8217;s Division of Engineering and Applied Science, shows that objects of many different shapes and sizes\u2014from  micrometers to meters\u2014could be manipulated with a light beam. The key is  to create specific nanoscale patterns on an object&#8217;s surface. This can be used as a means for propulsion of a new generation of spacecraft which, without needing to carry fuel, could reach very high, even relativistic speeds and possibly travel to other stars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mme Blavatsky has elaborated on levitation in her book <em>Isis Unveiled<\/em> (Vol. I, p. xxiii-xxiv), explaining that : &#8220;<em>The starting-point here is the recognized electro-chemical principle that bodies similarly electrified repel each other, while those differently electrified mutually attract . . . The earth is a magnetic body charged with one form of electricity . . . Human bodies, in common with all other forms of matter, are charged with the opposite form of electricity . . .<\/em> &#8221; And she added in an article from <em>The Theosophist<\/em>, (Vol. III, N\u00b0 6, March 1882, p.163-164) : &#8220;<em>Let any man&#8217; body charged (whether consciously or otherwise) with the polarity of the spot which support him, and the similar polarity will shoot his body off in the air like a child&#8217;s balloon<\/em>.&#8221;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more at : <a href=\"https:\/\/phys.org\/news\/2019-03-levitating.html\">Phys.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Physic Date: March 2019 Source: Phys.org A new research, performed in the Caltech&#8217;s Division of Engineering and Applied Science, shows that objects of many different shapes and sizes\u2014from micrometers to meters\u2014could be manipulated with a light beam. The key is to create specific nanoscale patterns on an object&#8217;s surface. This can be used as a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/2019\/04\/18\/levitating-objects-with-light\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Levitating Objects With Light&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[131],"class_list":["post-664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-physics","tag-levitation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=664"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666,"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/664\/revisions\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=664"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=664"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theoscience.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}