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Quantum free fall at 8500 m

13 Dec 2016
Photograph of the zero-G aircraft
Take off: free-falling atoms were tested in this 'zero-G' aircraft operated by Novespace. (Courtesy: Novespace)
“Weightless” experiments that compare the gravitational acceleration of two different qu

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