OT: A truckload of antimatter on the move (watch out for potholes...)

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As you know, there seems to be an abundance of matter in the Universe but a baffling lack of antimatter. There is one place however at which man is able to make antimatter for himself: CERN. And for the first time today, a whole batch of antimatter (92 antiprotons, exactly) was loaded onto a truck and transported several kilometers across CERN's campus. Very carefully. This was a test drive for future transfers of antimatter to other laboratories (across Europe, as long as they need to stick to road transport).

News item: https://home.cern/news/press-releas...eriment-cern-succeeds-transporting-antimatter
Slideshow: https://cds.cern.ch/record/2957407?ln=en
Video: https://home.cern/science/cern/antimatter-transportation-media-kit

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Will be cool if they figure out how to make an antimatter engine. IE: One that converts the power to kinetic energy for like power generation.
 
Just imagine the explosion when a BMW driver cuts them off then causes an accident that triggers a minute containment breach.
 
Once they worked out how to distribute antimatter to volunteers, certainly that could be kickstarting some amazing Citizen Science projects. ;-)
 
At least they are wearing hard hats. You know, just in case an annihilation occurs
 
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