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  1. Cool. Positronium 'atoms' are made up of an electron and a positron.

    "Researchers are [...] actively seeking tricks to make sources of positronium atoms that live longer. In a paper published today in the journal Physical Review A, the AEgIS collaboration at CERN describes a new way of making long-lived positronium."

    home.cern/news/news/physics/ae

    #Physics #Particles #Positronium #Electrons #Positrons

    @johncarlosbaez @gregeganSF

  2. Just updated on #StratoCat important events and dates of #scientific ballooning history that occurred in #January

    - First balloon flight from England to France over the English Channel
    - First Air Voyage in America by Jean Pierre #Blanchard
    - Start of the #GENETRIX spy balloon launches towards the USSR
    - First evidence of #Positrons in primary Cosmic Rays
    - #ECHO II balloon-satellite launch
    - First flight of a big #stratospheric #balloon in #Antarctica

    ...and much more

    stratocat.com.ar/otd/indexe.ht