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Antimatter has been transported for the first time

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0x3f wrote: post #137
nimonian wrote: post #129

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The mention Dan Brown in the article! This book occupies a special place in my heart and I was glad to see it mentioned.

Not being funny but I only ever see Dan Brown mentioned in a mocking tone. I've genuinely no idea, but are the books actually good in some sense?

Sorry for the late reply. When I was studying my A Level physics me and my teacher read Angels and Demons at the same time. It is a silly story really but just scratched that sci-fi bit of my brain in the right way at the right time. It is pulp fiction but sometimes that's just what you want.

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micw wrote: post #98
antonvs wrote: post #95

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Antimatter is a completely different story. The difference is that antimatter annihilates with any normal matter that it comes into contact with. This means you can't just put it in a tank, the way you can with hydrogen. You can't e.g. combine it with some metal to make a metal hydride to make it safer to store, the way you can with hydrogen. At an absolute minimum, you need extremely strong magnetic confinement and…

You can easily put it into an antimatter tank ;-)

I love the suggestion. It's like a taco bowl or soup bun.
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