Scientists have managed to get the mouse to levitate

A group of scientists from the Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of Missouri at Kansas City (USA) managed to get the mouse to levitate using superconducting magnit.Sleduet note that similar experiments have been conducted on frogs, but to repeat these experiments with mammals previously nobody udavalos.Neobhodimye for levitation object of study conditions are created by its location in a strong external magnetic field. It is known that water is present in every living organism possesses diamagnetic properties: the action of an external magnetic field parameters of the motion of electrons in its molecules change slightly, resulting in a weak magnetic field directed opposite to the original. The resultant effect of repulsion overcomes the force tyazhesti.V their experiments the authors used a superconducting solenoid, cooled to cryogenic temperatures, with passage of current in the winding of the magnetic field with an induction of about 17 tesla. In the gap of the magnet diameter of 66 mm was maintained rooms temperatura.Snachala scientists placed a plastic cage in the gap, and then ran into her three-week old mice weighing only 10 г. animals were disoriented and started to spin, trying to find some support. "It seems that the mouse is not too pleased that a new state - said one of the authors of Qian Liu (Yuanming Liu). - She hit the cage and tried for something to grasp. However, subsequent experiments showed that after 3-4 hours of mouse accustomed to such conditions and levitiruya, calmly eating and pyut.Issledovateli propose to use these experiments to study the effects of microgravity on living organisms and the liquid (in a separate series of experiments, the authors observed levitating droplets water up to 50 mm in diameter). Professionals will also have to figure out how to affect long-term stay in such a strong magnetic field on the health of mice, earlier studies have shown that in rats the field with induction 9.4 T does not pose any danger.