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    Lightning makes new isotopes

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    Post  George Sun 26 Nov 2017, 16:46

    Wednesday 22 November 2017
    Lightning makes new isotopes

    A streak of lightning in the skies over Japan has generated positrons – the antimatter equivalents of electrons – and radioactive carbon-14, confirming a theoretical prediction, according to a paper published in Nature on 22 November.


    The main source of the carbon-14 in the atmosphere has generally been considered to be cosmic rays.

    In principle, lightning could also contribute to the supply.

    Nature

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