Essay Archive - Anti-Matter
Anti-Matter
Ordinary matter has negatively charged electrons circling a positively
charged nuclei. Anti-matter has positively charged electrons - positrons -
orbiting a nuclei with a negative charge - anti-protons. Only anti-protons
and positrons are able to be produced at this time, but scientists in
Switzerland have begun a series of experiments which they believe will lead
to the creation of the first anti-matter element -- Anti- Hydrogen.
The Research
Early scientists often made two mistakes about anti-matter. Some
thought it had a negative mass, and would thus feel gravity as a push
rather than a pull. If this were so, the antipr....
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