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Watch levitating upside-down boats flip the law of buoyancy – Science Magazine
Experiments suggest strong shaking can make objects float upside down
By Edd GentSep. 2, 2020 , 11:00 AM
If youre a water sports fan looking for a new thrill, what about upside-down sailing? The idea might not be so outlandish. In a new study, physicists have managed to float tiny boats on the underside of a layer of liquid levitating in midair (see animation, above). Besides opening up some unusual nautical possibilities, the discovery quite literally flips our understanding of buoyancy on its head.
The science behind why boats float has remained largely unchan…
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