News:Antimatter atom trapped for first time, say scientists

17 November 2010
By Jason Palmer Science and technology reporter, BBC News
Antimatter atoms have been trapped for the first time, scientists say.

Researchers at Cern, home of the LHC, have held 38 antihydrogen atoms in place, each for a fraction of a second.

While antihydrogen has been produced before, it is instantly destroyed in a flash of light when it encounters normal matter.

The team, reporting in Nature, says the ability to study such antimatter atoms will allow previously impossible tests of fundamental tenets of physics. more here