Guest guest Posted August 11, 2000 Report Share Posted August 11, 2000 *** Antimatter atoms experiments planned GENEVA (AP) - European scientists searching for answers to some of science's most basic questions announced plans Thursday to build atoms of antimatter and then " cage " them for use in experiments. The researchers at the European Laboratory for Particle Physics, or CERN, said they plan to make atoms of antihydrogen. It would be the first time that antiatoms have been slowed down enough to be caught and studied, intensifying global competition between scientists trying to decode the mystery of antimatter. Physicists believe that antimatter is the mirror image of conventional matter in the universe. For every subatomic particle in the universe, there appears to be another identical in appearance and structure, but with its electric or magnetic properties reversed. See http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2568811684-cd5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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