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World's smallest particle accelerator is 54 million times smaller than the Large Hadron Collider, and it works (www.livescience.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Yeah, but that's just what it is and does. What's it do? Collide. What's it collide? Hadrons. How big is it? Large.

I like the Cyclotron so much better. What does it do? I don't fukken know, but it sounds cool as shit

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Well, it's like the Terminator. What does it do? It terminates. Still a cool name.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

it trons cycles