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@boem@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world • 2 years ago

Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory

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Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory

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@boem@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world • 2 years ago
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Observing this simple phenomenon had eluded physicists for decades.
  • @BloodSlut@lemmy.world
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    26•2 years ago

    Not only does it exist, but bananas give off a fair bit of antimatter due to their decaying potassium isotopes.

    Allegedly, im not smart enough to verify it

    • @plistig@feddit.de
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      23•2 years ago

      Would an anti-banana give off normal matter?

      • @768@sh.itjust.works
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        14•2 years ago

        AFAIK, yes, you might wanna look into β± and β־-decay

      • @marcos@lemmy.world
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        4•2 years ago

        AFAIK, yes.

        There are some very small differences between matter and anti-matter, but I don’t think any of them affect radioactivity.

    • @ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works
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      4•2 years ago

      They say if you microwave bananas, you will get green gel bananas

      ^dont ^actually ^try ^that

    • @wols@lemm.ee
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      4•2 years ago

      El psy kongroo

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      • @postmateDumbass@lemmy.world
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        We need a Far Side where ape scientists are colliding two bannanas at high speed

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