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Matter of fact, not fiction: Physicists trap elusive antimatter atoms to study them betterScientists may have been able to capture elusive atoms of antimatter, but don't expect that to lead to interstellar rocket engines or powerful bombs anytime soon — if ever.Even ...

Scientists trap 'anti-atom,' claim breakthrough for studying universe's missing antimatterScientists claimed a breakthrough Thursday toward solving one of the biggest riddles of physics, trapping an "anti-atom" for the first time in a quest to understand what happened to all the antimatter that ...

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) located at CERN attempted to recreate a miniature version of the " Cern Fires Up New Atom Smasher to near Big Bang (September 7, 2008) However, a mechanical problem caused this system to fail, and the experiments ...

Correction: Longest GenomeIn a story Oct. 7 about a plant with the world's longest known genome, The Associated Press erroneously reported the size of the various organisms' genetic codes. The genome of humans, lungfish, and the flower Paris japonica carry billions, not ...

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:. Edwards, a professor emeritus at the University of Cambridge, first started working on IVF in the early 1950s. The United States issued an apology Friday ...

The 2010 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to a British scientist for his role in developing in-vitro fertilization. Robert Edwards, 85, developed the technique with gynecologist surgeon Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988. "Today, Robert Edwards' vision is a reality ...

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by the editors of HealthDay:. The first birth of a so-called test-tube baby was in 1978, the Associated Press reported. "(Edwards') achievements have made it possible to treat infertility, a ...

The good news: Despite what your mother-in-law, that staring person at the restaurant, and know-it-all pundits think, a recent study indicates that parenting skills have nothing to do with kids having ADHD. According to an Associated Press report, a Cardiff University study ...

Alexander Higgins, last AP bureau chief in Iran and longtime leader in Geneva, dies at 66Alexander G. Higgins, who covered the U.S. Embassy siege in Tehran as The Associated Press' last bureau chief in Iran and served as a longtime AP bureau ...

Scientists at Paris forum want to build on atom collider success with new smasherScientists behind the European particle collider aimed at uncovering the secrets of the universe don't want to stop there — they want to build an even bigger machine with ...

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Topic: The Associated Press

In breakthrough, scientists trap antimatter atoms

Scientists claim breakthrough in antimatter hunt

Big Bang Experiment

Correction: Longest Genome

Oct. 5, 2010

Health Highlights: Oct. 4, 2010

Oct. 4, 2010

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Higgins, last AP bureau chief in Iran, dies at 66

Big Bang investigators want new atom smasher

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