So Universe...

CERN just managed to capture their first antimatter atoms. WATCHA THINK ABOUT THAT WILLIS?

Derer, die der Lüge dienen, denn schon bald werden sie fallen.
lol, I wish I could go to CERN, we had a vacation which general idea was to visit Cern (going around the half of Europe) but none actually was interested much, anyway, CERN does a great research on these physics I sooooo want to see it, I have read about their researches (thousand posters at the physics cabinet at school), their theory about the Big Bang interested me a lot.
PS: Don't mind my first sentence, its just a random Deutch sentence which I dropped in xD

Holy shit ive had goosebumps for over 10 minutes now as I was researching and reading to make sure this is not a hoax. I don't think some of you realize how big of a step this is for science... I have personally been waiting for this moment over 15 years now.

Here is a source if anyone wants to read

http://edition.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/europe/11/18/switzerland.cern.antimatter/


Anti-matter reactors anyone? The ability to travel near the speed of light through space? Almost unlimited energy? etc etc etc...

At the very least, it shows that we are indeed advancing, and havent stalemated in evolution of science.

Interesting. If we can get it under control we may be able to have a clean alternative to nuclear energy.

The funny part is compared to the technology that is conceivable using anti-matter this is like discovering fire for the first time. Humans in the future will look back at this moment and view it as such. If countries like the USA would spend even a small fraction of the military expenditure on things like building LHC we would probably be well more advanced.

Aardvark wrote:Interesting. If we can get it under control we may be able to have a clean alternative to nuclear energy.

Anti matter isnt well...completely clean. Possesses destructive capacity as well, BUT, it does not come with the radiation problems of nuclear power.

It doesnt, Fusion needs to be self sustained and produce energy, it shouldnt need additional energy to produce less energy. In fact, unless it produces many times fold the energy its needed to react, its useless.

Anti-matter is about as clean an energy source as we're likely to find for the next few centuries.

Aardvark wrote:Anti-matter is about as clean an energy source as we're likely to find for the next few centuries.

Environmentally clean, sure...

I'd be more worried about the military use of it than a power plant disaster. Imagine anti-matter bombs and missiles or even anti-matter rays and you get the picture.

Yes that's something that will occur no doubt, all the power of nukes without the radioactive fallout.

At least its clean killing, Nukes have the devastating side effect of causing total impossiblity for humans to live in this world. Nuclear holocaust is a near extinction event for us, exactly because of the cloud, not the explosion itself...at least anti matter is precise.

I can't help but imagine this is how CERN reacted to the news.