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Open Sesame: Science Centre Unveiled in Jordan

posted by Fnord666 on Saturday May 20 2017, @01:51AM   Printer-friendly
from the a-sesame-seed dept.

Phoenix666 writes:

In a rare show of unity in the Middle East, an advanced research centre to be shared by the troubled region has opened in Jordan.

Despite political tensions and rows, countries usually hostile to each other are jointly supporting the venture. Its name is Sesame - Synchrotron-light for Experimental Science and Applications in the Middle East. The facility hosts a synchrotron, a particle accelerator that acts as a powerful microscope.

Researchers including Iranians, Israelis and Palestinians - who would never normally meet - will now use the machine together.

Sesame is a play on the famous phrase "Open Sesame" and is meant to signal a new era of collaborative science.

Best wishes to Sesame!

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  • (Score: -1, Redundant) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:03AM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:03AM (#512477)

    Isn't that from "Aladdin and the forty thieves" or something?

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:28AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:28AM (#512487)

    Ali Baba and the Forthy Thieves. Not Aladdin, you disney-(b|d)rainwashed millennial.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:31AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @02:31AM (#512491)

      Drainwashing, is that like a whore's bath, with special attention to the urethra?

  • (Score: 2) by hendrikboom on Saturday May 20 2017, @03:16AM (1 child)

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Saturday May 20 2017, @03:16AM (#512509) Homepage Journal

    I've been told by someone who knows Hebrew (and a little Arabic) that sesam is just the word for "door". Can anyone confirm this?

    • (Score: 2) by AthanasiusKircher on Saturday May 20 2017, @04:26PM

      by AthanasiusKircher (5291) on Saturday May 20 2017, @04:26PM (#512638) Journal

      I don't know if there are related terms (quick internet search for Hebrew seems to imply "sesam" may just be a Hebrew word for "sesame" -- the plant/seed), but sounds like a fake etymology to me. Here's the real one. [etymonline.com] Apparently dates back to a Babylonian term meaning "oil-seed." (Appropriate enough.) It wasn't used as a password to open a door until European writings of the 18th century.