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“Much Ado About Nothing: The Casimir Effect” from The Economist (2008)

"Feel the force" from Nature (2007)

"Casimir force learns to Swim" from PhysicsWeb (2007)

"Speed of light broken with basic lab kit" from New Scientist (2002)

Latest work featured on the cover of Nature (January 8, 2009)

“Researchers see exotic force for first time” from Harvard News Office (2009)

“Researchers measure elusive repulsive force from quantum fluctuations” from Harvard press release (2009)

“Repulsive Casimir Measured” from photonics.com (2009)

“Quantum lubricant could keep nanomachines rolling” from New Scientist (2009)

“Quantum repulsion could make nano devices even tinier” from Scientific American (2009)

“Casimir effect goes negative” from Physics World (2009)

“To Levitate Nano-Objects, Researchers Exploit a Force of Quantum Repulsion” from Discover (2009)

“U.S. scientists learn how to levitate tiny objects” from msnbc.com (2009)

“Learning More About Levitation” from Time (2009)

Most Viewed Science News on Yahoo! News (January 8, 2009)

“Repulsive Force Could Eliminate Nanofriction” from the MIT Technology Review (2009)

“SEAS Researchers Measure Quantum Repulsive Force” from the Harvard Crimson (2009)

“Quantum physics: Quantum force turns repulsive” from Nature News and Views (2009)

”Casimir forces between solids can be repulsive” from Physics Today (Feb 2009)

“La Force du vide” from Science & Vie (July 2009, page 104)

“Casimir forces: Don't stick around” from Nature Nanotechnology (Feb 2009)

“A new way to a better solar cell” from Greentech Solar (Feb 2011)

“Engineering slimmer solar cells” from Nature News (2012)

Secretary of Energy, Steve Chu, makes a visit (June 2009)

Image selected to Science as Art Competition at the Fall Materials Research Society Conference (Nov 2011)

Prof. Munday Wins Early Career Faculty Space Tech Research Grant from NASA (2012)

Dr. Leite’s work on multijunction solar cells that could exceed 50% efficiency is highlighted in media (2013)

Munday Group in Washington Post discussion about the effect of sequestration on university research funding (March 2013)