A research team led by Jason Twamley, a researcher in the theoretical physics of quantum science and technology at Japan’s Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), has successfully demonstrated levitation without using any external energy source. The team developed a new material to achieve this feat, which has opened the doors to gravity-free technology in the future.
Objects made from superconductors or diamagnetic materials (those that can be repelled by a magnetic field) can float above magnets. This principle is also used in magnetic levitation, where superconducting magnets create a strong magnetic field and diamagnetic materials levitate, allowing objects to travel at high speeds, such as trains.
