Casimir effect

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Casimir effect: References & Edit History

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Quantum Casimir Effect May Be a Universal Force Organizing the Bilayer Structure of the Cell Membrane.	Emily Rodriguez	Nov 25, 2024
	Add new Web site: IOPscience - Journal of Physics: Conference Series - Experiment, theory and the Casimir effect.	Emily Rodriguez	Oct 04, 2024
	Add new Web site: AIP Publishing - Physics Today - Science and technology of the Casimir effect.	Aakanksha Gaur	Aug 10, 2024
	Add new Web site: Wayne State University - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Constraints on light dark matter from the Casimir Effect.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 13, 2024
	Add new Web site: Wayne State University - College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Constraints on light dark matter from the Casimir Effect.	Gloria Lotha	Jun 12, 2024
	Add new Web site: PNAS - Dynamical Casimir effect in a Josephson metamaterial.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 07, 2024
	Add new Web site: Nature - Observation and control of Casimir effects in a sphere-plate-sphere system.	Aakanksha Gaur	Mar 22, 2024
	Add new Web site: American Institute of Physics - Physics Today - Science and technology of the Casimir effect.	Gloria Lotha	Dec 01, 2023
	Add new Web site: University of California - Department of Mathematics - What is the Casimir Effect?	Emily Rodriguez	Sep 22, 2023
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Quantum Casimir Effect May Be a Universal Force Organizing the Bilayer Structure of the Cell Membrane.	Aakanksha Gaur	Jun 11, 2023
	Add new Web site: California Institute of Technology - Casimir Effect and Vacuum Fluctuation.	Yamini Chauhan	Jul 26, 2013
	New article added.	Erik Gregersen	Mar 30, 2011