Antimatter Molecule Should Boost Laser Power

Laser Lover writes "Molecules made by combining an electron with their anti-particle positron have been created by researchers at the University of California Riverside. The team's long term goal is to use the exotic material to create 'an annihilation gamma ray laser', potentially one million times more powerful than existing lasers. 'An electron can hook up with its antiparticle, the positron, to form a hydrogen-like atom called positronium (Ps). It survives for less than 150 nanoseconds before it is annihilated in a puff of gamma radiation. It was known that two positronium atoms should be able to bind together to form a molecule ... '"

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Re:You CAN end a war with weapons

[dave420]

You can end a war with weapons, but war itself is something no-one can win.

Why the US isn't using its weapons is because the US has no right to be where it currently is, let alone kill thousands upon thousands more innocent people, and still not "win". You can't blow up an idea, especially if each attempt just makes more followers.