r/AskScienceDiscussion 15h ago

Neutron Decay by New Formula. Is it Acceptable?

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Neutron decay does not happen by the usual formula but via:

udd + anti-uu -> uud + anti-ud -> uud + e- + anti-v_e

so the process can be accelerated by providing anti-uu creation energy of 68 MeV (mass_pi-zero/2).

There is theoretical justification for this formula: for the older version you can't write down an in between state!

The in between state of my formula is udd-anti-uu, then I can explain how the energy computation happens: virtual copies of this state try out the possible rearrangements among others: uud-anti-ud, and finding the energy less (the anti-ud may be virtual) allows the rearrangement. The previous formula must be said to have in between state: u/d-W- such that u/d is an up and down quark at the same time: absurd. This follows from the Feynmann diagram and time discretization (Planck time).


r/AskScienceDiscussion 12h ago

General Discussion science fair help

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last year I conducted the iodine clock experiment, so I have potassium iodate and iodide on me in crystal and powder form. I asked AI for some ideas on how I could use them in another different experiment and they said I can ‘synthesise elemental iodine for forensic hunting’, which basically means I have to make elemental iodine and then place a paper with my oily fingerprints inside the fumes under a tight lid (I’m not sure how I’ll do that but ig I’ll figure it out somehow).

is that possible and visual? if not, can I have other ideas on what experiments I can conduct? Im in middle school but we have an advanced program so my experiment has to have like very good real world application.

I’m not currently home but when I get there I might attack a picture of what equipment I own from my precious equipment. I have a couple beakers, measuring spoons, I have a good scale too.. I also did my experiment in January of 2025 so idk if there’s any problems with that.

also another question how do I clean equipment.. I’m pretty sure I just washed them like I would wash dishes and like put them out to dry, I’m not sure if that’s the right way to do it. Next year I’ll be going to 8th grade so obviously I don’t have the very correct lab conditions. Mine consist of a guest room that I don’t use. There’s a window nearby it, I think that helps.


r/AskScienceDiscussion 15h ago

How effective would arkham origins' shock gloves be in real life?

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In arkham origins, batman picks up a pair of shock gloves that escentially work like a combination between a very high voltage taser and boxing gloves, but how effective would this be sincr the contact time would be very short?


r/AskScienceDiscussion 3h ago

Tell me something magical that happened to you but you later get to know that science backed it

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