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Cern Mass Produces Anti-Hydrogen

Posted by chrisd on from the mr-fusion-not-far-behind dept.

Izeickl writes "The BBC is reporting Here about scientists in the Cern particle accelerator in Geneva, Switzerland have mass produced over 50,000 atoms allowing them to test basic Physics using them, however "Harvard physicist Gerald Gabrielse said: "Our long experience with these very difficult experiments warns that antihydrogen may not have really been produced.""

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  1. Let me add just one: by BESTouff · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Load of a server: Old Unit: Hits per second New Unit: /. (pr. "Slashdot")

  2. Re:George Bush says... by John+Paul+Jones · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I doubt GWB could have said anything like that without a few "uhhs", "whippersnappers", "crawfished", etc. He couldn't put a complete sentence together if his life depended on it.

    -JPJ
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    Feh.
  3. In other news... by PygmyTrojan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Linux supporters warn that a secure OS might not have really been produced by Microsoft.

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    Trying is the first step towards failure.

  4. What a coincidence... by Digital+Aje · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I just an article on MSNBC last night (here) that was an exerpt from William Shatner's book Star Trek: I'm Working on That: A Trek from Science Fiction to Science Fact, where he discusses all sorts of Star Trek technologies, notably warp engines and antimatter.

    He discusses the "real science" and problems with space travel, etc., one of them being the difficulties in mass-producing antimatter (said to be the most efficient form of fuel). And then today, we read that CERN (maybe) mass-produced antimatter. Cool! One step closer? :)