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Can light exert a force to move an object?

Oct 23, 20164 minEp. 348
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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
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