Thursday, November 18, 2010

Radioactive mouse on the run from Washington nuclear power plant

After catching a radioactive rabbit just north of Richland, Hanford workers now are on the hunt for a radioactive mouse.  Radioactive mouse droppings have been found in the same area where radioactive rabbit droppings were found earlier this month. About 60 mouse traps have been set, but the two mice caught so far have not been contaminated.  The Washington State Department of Health is monitoring the situation, but does not believe there is a danger to the public, said Earl Fordham, the department's regional director of the Office of Radiation Protection.

Full article: http://www.seattlepi.com/local/6420ap_wa_radioactive_mouse.html


CERN scientists  traps anti-Matter for first time 

 Scientists at CERN were able to capture one of the largest mysteries in the universe—antimatter, according to a statement released this week.  In the ALPHA experiment, a team at the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Switzerland, said they produced and trapped antihydrogen atoms, allowing them to potentially carry out further studies on antimatter’s relation to matter.  “For reasons that no one yet understands, nature ruled out antimatter," said Professor Jeffrey Hangst of Aarhus University in Denmark in a statement. "It is thus very rewarding and a bit overwhelming to look at the ALPHA device and know that it contains stable, neutral atoms of antimatter. This inspires us to work that much harder to see if antimatter holds some secret.”

Full article: http://www.theepochtimes.com/n2/content/view/46186/