Antihydrogen trapped for first time
Thursday, November 18, 2010 - 05:40
in Physics & Chemistry
Physicists working at the European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland, have succeeded in trapping antihydrogen - the antimatter equivalent of the hydrogen atom - a milestone that could soon lead to experiments on a form of matter that disappeared mysteriously shortly after the birth of the universe 14 billion years ago...