卡西米尔效应不是这种阻力的唯一起因，却是幕后主参。
The Casimir effect is not the only cause of stiction, but it is an important one.
卡西米尔效应在距离缩小到150纳米的时候急剧增强。
The effect was particularly strong at distances less than 150 nanometres.
但真正让研究人员兴奋不已的是卡西米尔效应有时可以被逆转为排斥作用。
What really excites researchers, though, is the idea that the Casimir effect may sometimes be repulsive.
虽然目前对暗能量的形态和起源几乎完全未知，不过科学家认为它可能和空间本身所产生的真空起伏有关，或者说与卡西米尔效应有关联。
The form and genesis of dark energy is almost completely unknown, but postulated as related to vacuum fluctuations similar to the Casimir Effect but generated somehow by space itself.
工程师们现在开始了解卡西米尔效应与设备设计之间的关联——如果要消除卡西米尔效应所产生的表面阻力，就必须找到它开始作用的起始点。
Engineers are now beginning to understand how Casimir forces depend on a device's design-an essential starting point if Casimir-related stiction is to be eliminated.
1984年一个名叫亨德利克·卡西米尔的荷兰物理学家认为在特定条件下这些粒子所产生的效应在我们所生活的宏观世界也能被察觉。
However, in 1948, a Dutch physicist called Hendrik Casimir realised that in certain circumstances these particles would create an effect detectable in the macroscopic world that people inhabit.
1984年一个名叫亨德利克·卡西米尔的荷兰物理学家认为在特定条件下这些粒子所产生的效应在我们所生活的宏观世界也能被察觉。
However, in 1948, a Dutch physicist called Hendrik Casimir realised that in certain circumstances these particles would create an effect detectable in the macroscopic world that people inhabit.
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