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Scientists Will Transport Antimatter in a Truck

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    Learning more about what powers the warp engines in Star Trek. Antimatter. 1 billion anti protons being moved between labs on Earth in a truck.
    scientists produce antimatter in the lab, where it stays put in an experimental apparatus for further study. But now, researchers are planning on transporting it for the first time from one lab to another in a truck for research.
    In a project that began last month, researchers will transport antimatter by truck and then use it to study the strange behaviour of rare radioactive nuclei. The work aims to provide a better understanding of fundamental processes inside atomic nuclei and to help astrophysicists to learn about the interiors of neutron stars, which contain the densest form of matter in the Universe.

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    Interesting. I was unaware that creating antimatter was a routine matter now, admittedly it has been years since I read anything about it and at that time it was something that was created and vanished very quickly. The relatively small amount of it that would generate enough power to lift an apple is intriguing if they can find a safe and economical way to harness that energy.
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