Number 297 (Story #4), November 27, 1996 by Phillip F. Schewe and Ben Stein MAGNETIC LEVITATION OF LIQUID HELIUM-4 has been achieved by physicists at Brown University. Drops as large as 2 cm across, in both the normal and superfluid state, were levitated. The scientists were surprised by the fact that two such drops often came into contact but failed to coalesce, apparently because of the vapor pressure between them. (M.A. Weilert et al., Physical Review Letters, 2 December 1996.)