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[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 71 points 3 weeks ago

Gordon Freeman steps out of the clean room

“Particle accelerator’s haunted.”

Other scientist: “What?”

Gordon pulls a shotgun from his locker and starts loading it

“Particle accelerator’s haunted.”

Gordon cocks it and steps back into the clean room

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 16 points 3 weeks ago
[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 9 points 3 weeks ago

Gordon Freeman steps out of the clean room

“ ”

Other scientist: “What?”

Gordon pulls a shotgun from his locker and starts loading it

“ ”

Gordon cocks it and steps back into the clean room

[-] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 weeks ago

10/10 no notes

[-] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 7 points 3 weeks ago

Ok, this actually made me chuckle out loud.

You really nailed it

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 25 points 3 weeks ago

Magnets that power these facilities are imperfect, and even tiny fluctuations in magnetism can cause resonance.

Thing is, it’s not even limited to the magnets. As the energies go up, things like global gravitational flux and even changes in mass near the accelerator will affect the particle’s path. If this happens over time in line with a resonant frequency, you can get the double bounce effect.

I wasn’t able to tell how much of this they’re currently accounting for with their model, or if they are only factoring in the known magnetic imperfections.

[-] OrganicMustard@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Gravity is 36 orders of magnitude weaker than electromagnetic forces. It is never taken into account in particle physics as it doesn't have a measurable effect.

[-] 5oap10116@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

Them forces WEAK

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 17 points 3 weeks ago

"Heisenberg, quit fucking with the living and get your ass back to Purgatory."

[-] random_character_a@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

He left because he was sick of Schrödinger talking about his cats and Feynman bragging about his endless escapades with women.

[-] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 3 weeks ago

"turns out it was just ol' Walther who wanted to keep working after his passing, we told him it wasn't helping and actually just messed with measurements and now he's continued into the afterlife provided that we update him on the results when we join him"

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