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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)

submitted 1 year ago by throws_lemy@lemmy.nz to c/physics@mander.xyz

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[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

This one has a different purpose. The LHC is for high energy experiments to discover new things about physics. The little one is potentially useful for medicine, to direct particles at target cells inside the body, for example to kill cancer cells

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