NC State Creates Most Powerful Positron Beam Ever

eldavojohn writes "A fairly large breakthrough took place earlier this month with the most powerful man-made antimatter electron beam ever being created at North Carolina State University. Professor Hawari who worked on the project explains its benefits: 'The idea here is that if we create this intense beam of antimatter electrons — the complete opposite of the electron, basically — we can then use them in investigating and understanding the new types of materials being used in many applications.'"

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[Grishnakh]

And, frankly, I'd rather the public learn about nuclear science from scientists rather than science fiction authors.

The problem with this, in the USA, is that American culture doesn't value science or scientists. In fact, our culture does everything it can to dissuade people from even seeking a career in science, so all our science is now done by foreign graduate students working on their PhD before they go back home to help build their own country, where their skills are valued culturally.

I think we should send all these research reactors to foreign universities, along with all our scientific academic programs. After all, we're not interested in pursuing science ourselves any more, so why not just ship it all off to people who are?