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@boem@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world • 2 years ago

Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory

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Antimatter falls down, not up: CERN experiment confirms theory

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@boem@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world • 2 years ago
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Observing this simple phenomenon had eluded physicists for decades.
  • @plistig@feddit.de
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    26•2 years ago

    Would an anti-banana give off normal matter?

    • SargTeaPot
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      19•2 years ago

      Does it matter?

      • taigaman
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        I don’t think it would antimatter

        • El Barto
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          Argument anihilated!

    • @marcos@lemmy.world
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      AFAIK, yes.

      There are some very small differences between matter and anti-matter, but I don’t think any of them affect radioactivity.

    • @768@sh.itjust.works
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      AFAIK, yes, you might wanna look into β± and β־-decay

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