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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, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @03:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 20 2017, @03:28AM (#512512)

    gang wars between black and white, and both sides spit in the streets.

    Blacks and whites and their spit are renewable resources. The streets are not.

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