Monster Essays - 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 anti....
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