Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists

BBC News ^ | 11/17/10 | Jason Palmer

[NormsRevenge]

GreenPeace, The ACLU and CAIR immediately called for a release of the atom and halt to any further trapping of poor innocent antimatter atoms.

[TexasCajun]

Playing with fire, are they not?

I've watched Star Trek enough to know what happens when matter and anti-matter collide. :)

[hosepipe]

On the other-hand someone may be watching too much Star Trek..

[NormsRevenge]

It was just a matter of time before they hunted him down.

You're probably wondering what exactly an antimatter atom looks like and how it behaves.

Me too. :-}

[NormsRevenge]

[Jewbacca]

Where to they get the antimatter? Do they make it?

[MindBender26]

There is some chance that the CERN experiments could lead to the end of the world, and perhaps the end of the universe.

It is a infinitesimal chance, but it is a chance.

My guess, somewhere between one in a million and one in a billion billion.

[Sybeck1]

Dilithium crystals?

[UCANSEE2]

I've watched Star Trek enough to know what happens when matter and anti-matter collide

Yeah. They cut to commercial.

[aMorePerfectUnion]

“Antimatter atoms have been trapped for the first time, scientists say. “

LET IT GO! It was born free and should live free!

[The Comedian]

Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.

[Talisker]

My guess, somewhere between one in a million and one in a billion billion.

LOL

Nah, you're way off. It's more like somewhere between one in a thousand billion and one in a trillion billion thousand... give or take a few.

[RobRoy]

I certainly don’t want to experience a warp core breach!

[Seruzawa]

She kenna take any more Keptain! She’s ginna blow!

[Talisker]

These scientists better be damn careful.

Matter:

Antimatter:

[dartuser]

I've watched Star Trek enough to know what happens when matter and anti-matter collide. :)

"Annihilation Jim. Total, complete, absolute annihilation."

[Domandred]

The biggest problem with things that can happen is if you keep trying eventually they will happen.

[Chances Are]

Point well taken.

CA....

[GreatJoeMcCarthy]

Its a good thing those Europeans have wasted billions of dollars so they could trap 38 sub-atomic particles for a fraction of a second. We wouldn’t want them to waste that money trying to improve the economies of Portugal, Spain, or Ireland, or anything like that. And you know, for just a few dozen billion dollars more those godless scientists will start to come up with an idea how to actually make something useful with their big fancy expensive plaything.