Quantum effects cause strange things, such as the Casimir-Lifshitz interaction. Now, a team at Harvard has used this effect to create a repulsive force that can be used to create a frictionless quantum levitation between two surfaces! Artistic rendering: quantum levitation Capasso Group, Harvard University The Casimir-Lifshitz interaction was originally predicted in 1948...

Sno-maggedon is the term used by local residents in their description of the record snowfall in Washington over the past several weeks. As much as 7 feet of snow has fallen in the past three weeks leaving residents in the area worried about getting back to school and work. The...

Not as big as the Canadian budget deficit... but, rather, as big as the country of Canada. The New York Times reports: Changes in Social Security and Medicare will be central to efforts to bring federal spending in line, President-elect Barack Obama said on Wednesday, as the Congressional Budget Office...