Scientists briefly trap a form of antimatter [via The Los Angeles Times] Physicists at CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, have confirmed that they successfully trapped 38 particles of antihydrogen for two-tenths of a second. The achievement is being hailed as a scientific breakthrough, although the amount stored wouldn’t provide enough energy to power [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Russia’
Morning Briefing: 18 November 2010
Posted in Morning Briefing, tagged Antimatter, Archaeology, CERN, London, Physics, Roman Empire, Russia on November 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
On Russia and Open Source Software
Posted in Politics, Science, tagged Apple, Computers, Linux, Microsoft, Russia on September 14, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I heard this story on NPR today as I was driving home from Target, and it made me rather sad. Apparently, Russia has made it a policy as of late to raid groups that oppose its government and confiscate their computers, claiming that they are investigating whether or not the group is using pirated Microsoft [...]
Morning Briefing: 26 August 2010
Posted in Morning Briefing, tagged Islam, Russia, Stem Cells, Vladimir Putin, Washington Post on August 26, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Man is charged with a hate crime after stabbing a Muslim New York City cab driver [via the Examiner] A man allegedly attacked a cab driver in Manhattan Tuesday night after the cab driver identified himself as Muslim. According to police reports, the man, 21-year-old film student Michael Enright told the cabbie to “consider this [...]
