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Scientists trap and tame a single particle of antimatter for months (news.northwestern.edu)

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

a single particle almost nothing. if it was a gram though it would be bad.

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

A TOS Star Trek novel opens up with a terrorist who detonates a gram of antimatter in a box he's holding (just turns off the power holding it). The city-sized colony was gone.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago

yeah its some multiples of hiroshima.

[–] username_1@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

Or good. We all love big booms! Especially if they are done for science!