Ning Li (physicist)
Ning Li (Chinese: 李宁, pinyin: Lǐ Níng; January 14, 1943 – July 27, 2021) was a
Anti-gravity research
In a series of papers co-authored with fellow university physicist Douglas Torr and published between 1991 and 1993, she claimed a practical way to produce anti-gravity effects. She claimed that an anti-gravity effect could be produced by rotating ions creating a
Li is reported to have left the University of Alabama in 1999 to found the company AC Gravity LLC. AC Gravity was awarded a United States Department of Defense grant for $448,970 in 2001 to continue anti-gravity research. The grant period ended in 2002 but no results from this research were ever made public.[9] No evidence exists that the company performed any other work, although as of 2021, AC Gravity still remains listed as an extant business.[10]
A 2023 article published by the
Death
In 2014, Ning Li was struck by a vehicle while crossing the street on the University of Alabama in Huntsville campus. Li’s husband, seeing the accident, suffered a heart attack and died a year later in 2015. For Li, this accident caused permanent brain damage that resulted in Alzheimer’s disease shortly after.[1] On July 27, 2021, Ning Li died at the age of 78.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b Logan, Noah (July 30, 2023). "Solving the mystery of Huntsville's brilliant anti-gravity scientist". Huntsville Business Journal. Retrieved November 9, 2023.
- ^ "CSPAAR - Research [Gravity]". Center for Space Plasma and Aeronomic Research (CSPAR) at University of Alabama in Huntsville. August 11, 1998. Archived from the original on May 20, 2000.
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- PMID 10004334.
- S2CID 122075917.
- ^ Wilson, Jim (October 1, 2000). "Taming Gravity". Popular Mechanics. 177 (10). Archived from the original on September 20, 2022.
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- doc) on August 1, 2021. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ "Business Entity Details, AC Gravity, LLC". Alabama, Secretary of State. Retrieved March 6, 2014.
- ^ https://huntsvillebusinessjournal.com/news/2023/07/30/solving-the-mystery-of-huntsvilles-brilliant-scientist-disappearing/
- ^ "Obituary for Ning Li at Berryhill Funeral Home & Crematory". berryhillfh.com. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
External links
- Breaking the Law of Gravity A 1998 Wired magazine article reviewing her work, as well as others.
- Bose-Einstein and Anti-Gravity A narrative of Li's theory of operation and her future plans from the 1990s.