Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month

Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month by snailshare on Wednesday October 21, 2026 @03:43PM (#50186495)

Does this hurt the positron?

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Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month by brenkc on Saturday October 24, 2026 @04:06AM (#50219176)

Call PETA (People for the Ethical Treatement of Antimatter)

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Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month by sirlancer on Saturday October 24, 2026 @05:44AM (#50219623)

Physicists for the Ethical Treatment of Atoms

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Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month by clb92 on Sunday October 25, 2026 @08:45AM (#50230973)

I've heard that some of these same physicists are made up entirely of atoms themselves. Talk about hypocrisy... /s

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Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month by arj on Saturday October 24, 2026 @04:49AM (#50219356)

Poor thing, all alone

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Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month by Razengan on Saturday October 24, 2026 @05:09AM (#50219451)

It could have been an entire universe, like ours, if some theories/cosmologies are correct :)

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Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month by largbae on Saturday October 24, 2026 @09:09AM (#50220907)

The end annihilation was actually the electron switching to backwards through time. At the beginning of the experiment the positron switches back to forward and continues on its way.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-electron_universe

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Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month by chamomeal on Saturday October 24, 2026 @12:29PM (#50222812)

What a crazy and fun idea. Good Wikipedia article. Everything in the Feynman cinematic universe is awesome

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Re:Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month by tclancy on Saturday October 24, 2026 @09:23AM (#50221017)

I was thinking of trying to spin up a campaign on bluesky to be upset about this.

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