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Strange Gravitational Effect Observed with Spinning Superconductors


By maynard - Posted on 23 March 2006

Scientists at the European Space Agency have announced a surprising gravitational finding that's not predicted by Einstein's theory of General Relativity. It appears that upon rotating a ring of superconducting material a gravitomagnetic field is generated that is "[...]a surprising one hundred million trillion times larger than Einstein’s General Relativity predicts." The experiment tests the Tajmar and de Matos conjecture on the difference between high-precision mass measurements of Cooper pairs and their prediction in quantum theory. They claim this anomaly could be explained by the appearance of a gravitomagnetic field in the spinning superconductor. While they have completed an initial run of 250 experiments, they are asking other scientists to confirm their findings. A more detailed PDF is available for download.

Does this effect in any way relate to Eugene Podkletnov's claim that a spinning superconductor showed "gravity shielding effects"? Perhaps not, but a curious development nonetheless.

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