Towards a new test of general relativity?

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Mon Mar-27-06 03:53 PM
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Towards a new test of general relativity?

Scientists funded by the European Space Agency believe they may have measured the gravitational equivalent of a magnetic field for the first time in a laboratory. Under certain special conditions the effect is much larger than expected from general relativity and could help physicists to make a significant step towards the long-sought-after quantum theory of gravity.

http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GSP/SEM0L6OVGJE_2.html

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