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Device Measures Pressure from Single Particle Collisions Using Levitated Silica Sphere

Researchers at Yale University built the first device capable of measuring pressure produced by an individual particle. The instrument uses a 100-nanometre silica sphere held in place by laser light and could help establish new definitions for ultra-high vacuum and detect hypothe…

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