@[email protected] to scienceEnglish • 2 months agoThe most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up132arrow-down15cross-posted to: jingszo
arrow-up127arrow-down1external-linkThe most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universewww.theguardian.com@[email protected] to scienceEnglish • 2 months agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: jingszo
minus-squareEleventhHourlinkEnglish9•2 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@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•2 months agoit’s cause you need an entire truck of scientific instruments to contain it.
minus-squareEleventhHourlinkEnglish4•edit-22 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@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish9•2 months agoThe headline is misleading clickbait, unfortunately.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish9•2 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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