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A study of antimatter, once only in the realm of science fiction, will now shed light on the universe | The Australian

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CAPTAIN Kirk used it to propel himself between stars but in real life antimatter has eluded scientists, annihilating itself as soon as it is created.
Now antimatter atoms have been caged for long enough to study them in detail.
An experiment at CERN, the Geneva-based European Organisation for Nuclear Research, has managed to capture 309 antihydrogen atoms for 1,000 seconds, or 16 minutes, at a time.
The accomplishment is unlikely to lead to the faster-than-light travel of Star Trek however. As CERN scientists point out, even if they assembled all of the antimatter they had ever made and annihilated it, there would not be enough energy to light an electric light bulb for more than a few minutes. But being able to scrutinise antimatter could shed light on the nature of the Universe.
Antihydrogen has been produced in particle accelerators, but it was almost instantly destroyed when it encountered normal matter. The longest it had previously been stored for was two tenths of a second.
"We have the antihydrogen right where we want it," said Professor Jeffrey Hangst, of the University of Aarhus, Denmark, who led the experiment.

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Star Wars Death Star Final Assault Ends in Court Fight

Two examples of nutty lawsuits. How much money does George Lucas need?

The lawyers working late that night were preparing to do battle with the opposing legal armies of George Lucas, the creator of the Star Wars films, over who owns the copyright on the stormtrooper uniforms, the headgear of the imperial fighter pilots and the helmet designed for Luke Skywalker as he led the final assault on the Death Star in the first film of the original trilogy.

Lucas’s business empire claims that it owns all the rights to the uniforms, while the lawyers at SimmonsCooperAndrew will argue that the rights are in fact vested in an obscure prop designer from Twickenham who made the first helmets and suits for the 1977 film.

And in Australia, Darrell Lea Chocolates have fended off Cadbury's in an attempt to get them to stop using purple in their marketing and wrapping materials.

The Federal Court has dismissed an application by Cadbury Schweppes that the use of purple by Darrell Lea amounted to misleading and deceptive conduct.

Justice Peter Heerey said he was not persuaded that Darrell Lea in using purple had passed off its business or products as those of Cadbury or had contravened the Trade Practices Act.

How can someone trademark the colour purple?

Star Wars Meets the Avengers

If Star Wars was made in the 60s the intro would probably look like this. Very creative school project.

Thanks Duncan

The Simpsons Do Star Wars

I think that this combination would be my sons ultimate programme.

Black Knight meets Darth Vader

My son loves this scene in Holy Grail. He is also a big fan of Star Wars. This was a marriage made in heaven.