Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month

 (scientificamerican.com)

30 points | by mooreds 2 days ago

4 comments

  • bozdemir 33 minutes ago
    That's matter cruelty. We need more ethical ways to study those poor things. Does anyone know what happened after the experiment ? Did they finally let it go?
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    • consensus1 2 minutes ago
      It's worse than that. They annihilated it completely.
  • jimnotgym 53 minutes ago
    I hope they took precautions against the Camerlengo stealing it
  • dguest 53 minutes ago
    Direct link to article: https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.08147
  • snailshare 2 days ago
    Does this hurt the positron?
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    • brenkc 1 hour ago
      Call PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Antimatter)
    • arj 39 minutes ago
      Poor thing, all alone
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      • Razengan 19 minutes ago
        It could have been an entire universe, like ours, if some theories/cosmologies are correct :)
    • ggyyyg 36 minutes ago
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