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Turning Light Into Matter & Weird Wednesday

Cool Stuff Daily

Reggie Risseeuw and Marques Pfaff

News, Society & Culture, Science, Tech News

4.6739 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2024

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Physicists work on turning light into matter and Weird Wednesday brings some of the more bizarre stories of the week. All that, plus this day in history - one of the most successful (and valuable) baseball franchises was sold … and for a relatively modest price when you consider the current value. Light Into Matter (Gizmodo) Alexa (NDTV) (NY Post) Wallet Lost (UPI) Pizza Toppings (UPI) Popping Balloons (UPI) Underwear (UPI) Singing Record (UPI) Contact the show - coolstuffcommute@gmail.com   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:04.8

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0:07.7

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0:11.1

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0:12.9

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0:20.7

Welcome, welcome. It's another edition of Cool Stuff Ride Home, Marcus Paff and Reggie Rizzou.

0:25.9

Coming up on today's episode, Physicist Work on Turning Light into Actual Matter.

0:32.3

And Weird Wednesday brings some of the more bizarre stories of the week, all that, plus

0:36.8

this day in history,

0:37.8

one of the most successful and valuable baseball franchises was sold for a relatively modest

0:44.5

price when you consider the current value. Coming up on cool stuff, ride home.

0:49.4

Scientists have devised an experiment aimed at transforming light into matter by manipulating plasma to collide photons,

0:56.5

as revealed in simulations exploring the practical applications of Einstein's iconic equation,

1:01.9

E equals MC squared. In a recent study led by researchers from Osaka University and UC San Diego,

1:07.9

lasers were employed to simulate photon collisions, suggesting that such collisions

1:12.8

could generate pairs of electrons and positrons. Positrons, the antimatter counterparts of electrons,

1:19.1

could then be accelerated by the lasers electric field, resulting in the creation of a positron

1:24.4

beam. The team's findings have been documented in the physical review letters.

1:29.1

Alexei Araviv, a physicist at UC San Diego and co-author of the paper,

1:33.8

express optimism about the experiment's feasibility stating, we feel that our proposal is

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