Quilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoTIL antimatter is the most expensive substance on Earth, costing $60 trillion per gramwww.sciencefocus.comexternal-linkmessage-square76fedilinkarrow-up1372arrow-down121file-text
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkTIL antimatter is the most expensive substance on Earth, costing $60 trillion per gramwww.sciencefocus.comQuilotoa@lemmy.ca to Today I Learned@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square76fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareAganim@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·3 months agoIt can be contained using magnetic fields, that has been possible since 2010: https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2010/11/17/antimatter-atoms/ Scientists are even preparing to transport it in the near future: https://glassalmanac.com/why-scientists-are-transporting-antimatter-in-a-van-uncover-the-reasons/
minus-squareivanafterall ☑️@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoThat’s the opening scene of an X-Files episode for sure.
It can be contained using magnetic fields, that has been possible since 2010: https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2010/11/17/antimatter-atoms/
Scientists are even preparing to transport it in the near future: https://glassalmanac.com/why-scientists-are-transporting-antimatter-in-a-van-uncover-the-reasons/
That’s the opening scene of an X-Files episode for sure.