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Related: About this forumLarge Hadron Collider Accelerates First Atoms To Nearly Speed Of Light
31 July 2018, 7:05 am EDT By Nicole Arce Tech Times
The Large Hadron Collider has successfully accelerated its first atoms to breakneck speeds, a feat that could one day lead to new forms of matter.
The LHC at the European Center for Nuclear Research at the France-Switzerland border was able to rev up full-blown atoms to nearly the speed of light.
Experts say this is the first successful test for CERN's Gamma Factory, a project that aims to find new ways to produce high-energy gamma rays.
Large Hadron Collider Accelerates Atoms
The LHC normally generates collisions between protons and then smashes the nuclei for four weeks before the machine is shut down for annual maintenance. This is the first time the atom smasher has accelerated nuclei with at least one electron that orbits them.
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sandensea
(21,656 posts)God help us all.
...it's playing physics. What is this god thing?
defacto7
(13,485 posts)geometry, chemistry, heart transplants... and on and on...
Javaman
(62,533 posts)cstanleytech
(26,317 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)you think God goes around smashing atoms together really fast?
lastlib
(23,271 posts)it's kinda how stars work; and how we get stuff like iron...gold...uranium...helium...other stuff.....
qazplm135
(7,447 posts)the atoms aren't fused at or near the speed of light I don't believe.
Similar processes but I think there's a difference.
procon
(15,805 posts)https://interestingengineering.com/usas-super-collider-lies-abandoned-texas-desert
Kudos for the scientists of Europe! Does the US have any other similar scientific projects? Or are we too busy paying for senseless war toys and more welfare for the wealthy?
lastlib
(23,271 posts)(but I believe it was 1981. It was that basturd Reagun that pulled the plug on it....that goat-f&cking POS! )
We can't be doing science -- it might inspire kids to be more than cogs in the corporate profit machine. And they might get a sense of wonder if they start learnin' 'bout that stuff in skools. Then they might start questionin' things--how things are in the world, and how they got that way, and how they can change 'em. Plus, we gotta give our billionaires their tax cuts.
Javaman
(62,533 posts)qazplm135
(7,447 posts)doing the goat f*cking then.
Victor_c3
(3,557 posts)After all, we dont have parades and holidays to celebrate science.
Unless someone died, there isnt even a point in having a mattress sale on those dates either!