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World first: antimatter particles transported in Geneva (www.swissinfo.ch)

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For the first time in the world, antimatter is being transported by road at CERN in Geneva. The test carried out on Tuesday at the nuclear research centre is intended to prove that the antiparticles can be transported safely.

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[–] aburrito@sh.itjust.works 61 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

This is super cool. So it was anywhere from 100-1k anti protons transported 5 km, and my fave bit from the article

According to CERN, if the trap fails during transport, the energy released will be around one millionth of a joule – about as much as it takes to press a keyboard key.

Neat!

[–] eleijeep@piefed.social 36 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What type of key switch though?

[–] aburrito@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 week ago

Asking the important questions

[–] CucumberFetish@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That is an insane amount of energy for something so little

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

which direction did they design it to fail tho