Stopping Bullets in Mid-Air
Scientists have figured out how to stop a bullet, albeit a very tiny one, in mid-air.
US researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have built a so-called coilgun that works in reverse, stopping atom- and molecule-sized bullets in flight.
The research, which sounds like something from an X-Men movie, could eventually help measure the mass of one of the most elusive and ubiquitous particles in the universe, the neutrino.
Hmmm, a magic coilgun in the future? Reminds me of Coilosapien:
