For the First Time, Scientists Have Fired Up the World’s Smallest Particle Accelerators
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 31, 2023
"Scientists recently fired up the world's smallest particle accelerator for the first time," reports Space.com.
"The tiny technological triumph, which is around the size of a small coin, could open the door to a wide range of applications, including using the teensy particle accelerators inside human patients."
The new machine, known as a nanophotonic electron accelerator (NEA), consists of a small microchip that houses an even smaller vacuum tube made up of thousands of individual "pillars." Researchers can accelerate electrons by firing mini laser beams . . .
