A few people have been in touch about this week's news that CERN folk have trapped anti-Hydrogen for 15 minutes.
They've suggested we do a video for The Periodic Table of Videos and/or Sixty Symbols.
I'm sure we'll be doing plenty more on this type of thing, but the latest news is not terribly advanced from last time we did a video about it.
For those who missed it, here it is:
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Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Antihydrogen and Dan Brown
We have been a bit slow to post this (for numerous reasons) but here's our Sixty Symbols video on antihydrogen.
It follows the announcement that scientists at CERN had trapped a small amount of the elusive "substance".
An interesting point raised by Professor Mike Merrifield.
While acknowledging it as a significant breakthrough, he pondered if it received more publicity than one might expect because of the Dan Brown book (and subsequent film) Angels and Demons.
In that tale, a container of antimatter is stolen from CERN and used for evil purposes.
It follows the announcement that scientists at CERN had trapped a small amount of the elusive "substance".
An interesting point raised by Professor Mike Merrifield.
While acknowledging it as a significant breakthrough, he pondered if it received more publicity than one might expect because of the Dan Brown book (and subsequent film) Angels and Demons.
In that tale, a container of antimatter is stolen from CERN and used for evil purposes.
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