Science world buzzing over rumours elusive 'God particle' has been found

04/23/11 The rumours are based on a leaked internal note from physicists at the Large Hadron Collider, a 17 mile-long particle accelerator in Switzerland.

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Antimatter Atoms Created And Trapped

06/05/11 Atoms of antimatter, long the stuff of science fiction, have been trapped for the first time, European researchers at the Large Hadron Collider say. Scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) have trapped and held 38 anti-hydrogen atoms in place, each for a fraction of a second, the BBC reported Wednesday. While anti-hydrogen has been produced before, it was instantly ...

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CERN scientists trapped antimatter for as long as 1,000 seconds

06/06/11 Antimatter, a rare and an elusive type of matter, has been trapped for about 1,000 seconds (more than 16 minutes), which was considered a breakthrough in science. trapping antimatter (simplified version) Illustration Credit: Katie Bertsche/LiveScience As reported at Live Science on Sunday, June 5, scientists from European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva, Switzerland [...]

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