Comments on: Antimatter from bananas http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/07/23/antimatter-from-bananas/ extra dimensions of particle physics Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:22:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/07/23/antimatter-from-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-44911 Dave Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:51:59 +0000 http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/?p=4276#comment-44911 To the author, I heard about this in a 'Angels and Demons' seminar at Berkeley. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sqYh8puZ-I Enjoy. To the author,

I heard about this in a ‘Angels and Demons’ seminar at Berkeley.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_sqYh8puZ-I

Enjoy.

]]> By: Rob Mahurin http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/07/23/antimatter-from-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-28353 Rob Mahurin Mon, 05 Oct 2009 03:54:49 +0000 http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/?p=4276#comment-28353 Oh hey, I did the <a href="http://tertiarysource.net/ts.cgi/anti-banana" rel="nofollow">banana calculation</a>. Interesting to see it diffusing around. Oh hey, I did the banana calculation. Interesting to see it diffusing around.

]]> By: Bill Higgins http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/2009/07/23/antimatter-from-bananas/comment-page-1/#comment-21290 Bill Higgins Thu, 23 Jul 2009 14:59:02 +0000 http://www.symmetrymagazine.org/breaking/?p=4276#comment-21290 Brazil nuts (<i>Bertholletia excelsa</i>) concentrate elements that emit alpha particles. See http://www.orau.org/PTP/collection/consumer%20products/brazilnuts.htm for details. Granted, alphas are not antimatter, so maybe bananas are still more glamorous than Brazil nuts. Brazil nuts (Bertholletia excelsa) concentrate elements that emit alpha particles. See http://www.orau.org/PTP/collection/consumer%20products/brazilnuts.htm for details.

Granted, alphas are not antimatter, so maybe bananas are still more glamorous than Brazil nuts.

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