New way to calculate casimir effects

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New way to calculate casimir effects

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/...00511105204.htm


ScienceDaily (May 11, 2010) — Discovered in 1948, Casimir forces are complicated quantum forces that affect only objects that are very, very close together. They're so subtle that for most of the 60-odd years since their discovery, engineers have safely ignored them. But in the age of tiny electromechanical devices like the accelerometers in the iPhone or the micromirrors in digital projectors, Casimir forces have emerged as troublemakers, since they can cause micromachines' tiny moving parts to stick together
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