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Tetraneutron Discovered

Posted by michael on from the lost-and-found dept.

Caid Raspa writes "According to this Press Release the French have (accidentally) produced six nuclei of tetraneutron (nucleus with four neutrons and no protons). Theoreticians have previously thought that tetraneutron does not exist. As there is no electric charge in these nuclei, they allow better studies of the nuclear forces. The scientific article is also available at arXiv.org."

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  1. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    This joke doesn't work with that headline.

  2. Re:Accidentally? by HughsOnFirst · · Score: 3, Funny
    Leave it to the French to discover this "accidentally" .
    I've often thought that a typically French line of inquiry would be "I've never seen (bacteria - mold - fungus) do _that_ to (milk - fruit - treeroots) before, I wonder if it tastes good? Of course some of my favorite rotten milk and fruit comes from France, and you gotta love anybody who builds Citroens. On the other hand ...
    'A special commission struggling to defend French against the spread of English in cyberspace has decided that the popular e-mail sign can be named either "arobase" or "arrobe." '
  3. Heisenberg said: by TheLoneGundam · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm, Um, I'm uncertain

  4. Re:Character and story by BerntB · · Score: 2, Funny
    Hear hear!

    Forward is the worst author I happily buy books in hardcover from. :-)

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