Stick Up: Antimatter Atoms Trapped for More Than 15 Minutes
Sunday, June 5, 2011 - 13:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Maybe antimatter is finally ready for its close-up. A team of physicists has succeeded in producing rudimentary atoms of antimatter and holding on to them for several minutes, an advance that holds hope for detailed comparisons of how ordinary atoms of matter compare with their exotic antimatter counterparts. [More]