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Table-top Particle Accelerator Created

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-could-go-wrong dept.

holy_calamity writes "French physicists have built a desktop particle accelerator. It uses a pair of laser beams to precisely control the acceleration of electrons within a plasma. It has the power of a device that usually takes up a whole room and could lead to new medical treatments. They don't mention the potential for experiments like 'what happens if I put my lunch in front of a 300 megaelectronvolt beam?'"

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  1. Time to market? by jimstapleton · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can see it now...

    Boss: "What is that on your desk?"
    Me: "A particle accelerator."
    Boss: "OK, next question... Why?"
    Me: "Because I can."

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