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Thursday, September 13, 2007

Now I Am Become Laser


According to the BBC, scientists have successfully created a new type of matter, di-positronium. The molecules form from positronium atoms, which are formed from the interaction of electrons and positrons (matter and antimatter). The molecules only survive for about a quarter of a nanosecond before the matter and antimatter annihilate one another, but they could possibly be stabilized long enough to utilize their tremendous energy output in the manufacture of gamma-ray annihilation lasers. These lasers could be used to aid nuclear fusion in a reactor, which could help tremendously with the world's energy shortage, or they could be used by the military for something I'm sure would be peaceful and wonderful and beneficial to all humanity. Or, I'm thinking, they could be used to create the Hulk.

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