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Anti-matter atoms to address anti-gravity question


Craig

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-16756457

The question of whether normal matter's shadowy counterpart anti-matter exerts a kind of "anti-gravity" is set to be answered, according to a new report.

Normal matter attracts all other matter in the Universe, but it remains unclear if anti-matter attracts or repels it.

A team reporting in Physics Review Letters says it has prepared stable pairs of electrons and their anti-matter particles, positrons.

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Just finished reading that article, I was about to post the exact same thing. :P

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