Episode 348
Can light exert a force to move an object?
Why don't you get thrown backwards when you switch on your torch? Kerstin Gopfrich made he
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
October 23, 20163m 40s
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Show Notes
Why don't you get thrown backwards when you switch on your torch? Kerstin Gopfrich made her way to the Nanophotonics Centre in Cambridge to find out from Dr. Anna Lombardi. The answer to Matt's question may blow you away... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
Topics
torchlightphotonoptical tweezerswave-particle dualityopticsradiation pressure