floofloof@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThe most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down15cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoI thought we were only able to produce antimatter in minuscule amounts. How the hell does anyone have a “truckload“ of it?
minus-square0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·1 month agoit’s cause you need an entire truck of scientific instruments to contain it.
minus-squareEleventhHour@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-21 month agoThat’s what I figured, but that doesn’t really mean there’s a “a truckload” of antimatter, just in antimatter containment equipment. The actual amount of antimatter is probably very tiny.
minus-squarefloofloof@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 month agoThe headline is misleading clickbait, unfortunately.
I thought we were only able to produce antimatter in minuscule amounts. How the hell does anyone have a “truckload“ of it?
it’s cause you need an entire truck of scientific instruments to contain it.
That’s what I figured, but that doesn’t really mean there’s a “a truckload” of antimatter, just in antimatter containment equipment. The actual amount of antimatter is probably very tiny.
The headline is misleading clickbait, unfortunately.