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RE: Incredible Particle-Accelerators-On-A-Chip Against Cancer

in #science5 years ago

Out of curiosity, what would be the purpose of the microaccelerstors? While they seem very interesting, there doesn't seem to be much of a point of colliding particles at fractions of the speed.

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As it is written in the final paragraph - they could, for example, be used as extremely precise targeted cancer therapy.