Once again, life imitates Star Trek

EBF3 requires a few crucial components: power for its electron beam, a vacuum environment, and a source of metals. While “Star Trek’s” replicator could work without a supply of subatomic particles, reality is a different story.

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“It’d be nice if we could build something from nothing, but it doesn’t work that way,” Taminger told SPACE.com.

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