@floofloof@lemmy.ca to science@lemmy.worldEnglish • 6 months agoThe most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down15
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minus-squareEleventhHourlinkfedilinkEnglish7•6 months agoI thought we were only able to produce antimatter in minuscule amounts. How the hell does anyone have a “truckload“ of it?
minus-square@0laura@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglish17•6 months agoit’s cause you need an entire truck of scientific instruments to contain it.
minus-squareEleventhHourlinkfedilinkEnglish4•edit-26 months 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-square@floofloof@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•6 months agoThe headline is misleading clickbait, unfortunately.
minus-square@catloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglish8•6 months agoIt is a load on a truck. Therefore, it is a truckload.
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.
It is a load on a truck. Therefore, it is a truckload.
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