New Casimir force discoveries

[Grames]

There is still opportunity for new discoveries in physics.

For the first time a non-trivial boundary condition has been used in conjunction with a Casimir force measurement. Reduction of an surface area by 50% only resulting in a 30-40% reduction of the Casimir force, less than anticipated and requires a new method to calculate Casimir forces.

Nonuniform Casimir forces are required to create at least small, MEMS scale power sources and engines.

Casimir force links at the Next Big Future blog.

[EC]

There is still opportunity for new discoveries in physics.

For the first time a non-trivial boundary condition has been used in conjunction with a Casimir force measurement. Reduction of an surface area by 50% only resulting in a 30-40% reduction of the Casimir force, less than anticipated and requires a new method to calculate Casimir forces.

Nonuniform Casimir forces are required to create at least small, MEMS scale power sources and engines.

Casimir force links at the Next Big Future blog.

I think that in the future there will be a connection found between this force and dark energy. And yes I know that the calculated theoretical difference between the two is many orders of magnitude. Yet I still think that there is a fundamental link between the two.