British Scientists Reverse Casimir Effect

An anonymous reader writes "The Telegraph reports that Scientists at the University of St. Andrews have developed a technique to cause the Casimir effect to repel instead of attract. This discovery could lead to near frictionless machines or in theory even levitation."

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Re:Disintegrators

[SirJorgelOfBorgel]

You would probably explode ;)

I tried to RTFA...

[HappySmileMan]

But the ad on the right felt to need to cover up half the text of the article

Re:repeal vs. repel

[dmbasso]

Too bad I don't have modding points... you deserve an Informative rating. I'm not a native English speaker, so I found your explanation useful. People should read the Slashdot Modding FAQ before modding down posts like yours...

Re:repeal vs. repel

[Anonymous Coward]

It's always nice to meet a humble American.

Re:Dry glue? Are you thinking what I'm thinking?

[FJR1300 Rider]

"Look out, he is a spiderpig."

Re:They'd better be careful

[morgan_greywolf]

Osama? Is that you?

Re:ummmm?

[Anonymous Coward]

The way it works is, the new lens makes you look like a Scientologist. Thereby ensuring that anybody with any common sense is repelled.

Re:wait...

[MeanderingMind]

Someone needs to read a dictionary.

Repugnant

Now someone needs to understand the subtle humor in using a word that sound similar to redundant, but is obviously the wrong word.

You will be a happier man when you have done both.

Re:I, for one

[Anonymous Coward]

I say we enact a law that would make people research (the very site they are on) before spouting opinions.

Re:Repeal instead of attract.

[MillionthMonkey]

Getting offtopic from the Casimir effect, but oh well.
Only a Republican could respond to an overload of bad laws and politicians by saying there's nowhere with perfect laws and politicians.
From last nights 60 Minutes repeat:

When the prescription drug bill finally passed shortly before dawn, in the longest roll call in the history of the House of Representatives, much of the credit went to former Congressman Billy Tauzin, R-La., who steered it through the house. "It's just a messy process," Tauzin says. "I mean, the old adage about if you like sausage or laws, you should not watch either one of them being made is true. It's a messy process." Tauzin says that the voting machines were open for three hours "because the vote wasn't finished."
As for arms being twisted? "People were being talked to," he says.
And of Walter Jones' comment that it was the "ugliest night" he had "ever seen in politics in 22 years?"
"Well, he's a young member," counters Tauzin with a laugh. "Had he been around for 25 years, he'd have seen some uglier nights."

Ha ha ha ha! I love this part:

If Tauzin sounds a lot like a lobbyist for the drug industry, that's because now he is. Just a few months after the prescription drug bill passed, Tauzin began discussions with the pharmaceutical industry to become its chief lobbyist in Washington. He says it was one of several lucrative offers he's received just before he got some very bad news.
"I got a call from a doctor in Bethesda who said, 'You got cancer. And it's extremely rare. And it could kill ya.' And then everything changed," Tauzin says.
Tauzin had a cancerous tumor removed from his intestines and was treated with a new medicine, called Avastin, that had never been used before on that form of cancer. The treatment was successful, and as a result Tauzin says he felt he owed his life to the drug industry. After serving out his congressional term, he accepted a $2 million-a-year job as president of PhRMA -- Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America.
"There was an extraordinary moment when my wife literally looked me in the eye and said, 'Look, you're gonna do well wherever you go, Billy ... You got a lot a great offers ... And maybe you oughta think about working for the people that struggle everyday to try to invent the medicines that save lives like yours.' And that was a pretty important moment in my life," Tauzin says. "And it was the moment I decided that this was the work I wanted to do -- headaches and all."

avoid having surgery while you are being treated with Avastin you may have problems with wound healing which could result in bleeding or infection if you need to have any type of surgery you will need to stop receiving Avastin for at least 4 weeks while your surgical incision heals before being treated with Avastin tell your doctor if you have liver disease kidney disease heart disease high blood pressure a conflict of interest a history of stroke or blood clots or an open wound some people receiving a Avastin injection have had a reaction to the infusion (when the medicine is injected into the vein) tell your caregiver right away if you feel dizzy nauseated light-headed sweaty itchy or have a fast heartbeat chills wheezing or chest pain during the injection call your doctor at once if you have serious side effects such as blood in your stools or vomit sudden numbness or weakness (especially on one side of the body) sudden headache or confusion problems with vision or speech chest pain spreading to the arm or shoulder shortness of breath swelling rapid weight gain or flu symptoms Avastin can cause a rare but serious neurologic disorder affecting the brain symptoms include headache confusion vision problems feeling light-headed fainting and seizure (blackout or convulsions) these rare symptoms may occur within hours of your first dose of Avastin or they may not appear for up to a year after your treatment started call your doctor at once i

Re:wait...

[CaptnMArk]

You mean Americans are screwing themselves in Iraq. Yeah, that's about right.