Table-top Particle Accelerator Created 55
holy_calamity writes "French physicists have built a desktop particle accelerator. It uses a pair of laser beams to precisely control the acceleration of electrons within a plasma. It has the power of a device that usually takes up a whole room and could lead to new medical treatments. They don't mention the potential for experiments like 'what happens if I put my lunch in front of a 300 megaelectronvolt beam?'"
Mmm.. (Score:4, Funny)
SECOND Table-top Particle Accelerator Created! (Score:1, Funny)
Time to market? (Score:5, Funny)
Boss: "What is that on your desk?"
Me: "A particle accelerator."
Boss: "OK, next question... Why?"
Me: "Because I can."
Important safety tip... (Score:3, Funny)
They don't mention the potential for experiments like 'what happens if I put my lunch in front of a 300 megaelectronvolt beam?'
Whatever you do, don't cross the streams [wikipedia.org]!
Christmas List? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Been around for years (Score:4, Funny)
Done before (Score:4, Funny)
cooking at CERN (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Been around for years (Score:4, Funny)
"You know, it just occurred to me, we've never had a completely successful test of this equipment."
"I blame myself."
"So do I."
"Well, no sense worrying about it now. Switch me on."
Sounds familiar (Score:4, Funny)