Word: positronic
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...example, a normal electron has a negative charge, but an anti-matter positron has a positive charge, although it seems to be the same as an electron in every other respect...
...Gabrielse team, which goes by the name of Antihydrogen Trapment Collaboration (ATRAP), was able to create an atom of anti-hydrogen, the anti-matter counterpart of hydrogen, by joining an antiproton, the counterpart of a proton, and a positron, the counterpart of an electron. Except for their charges, both the anti-proton and the positron are identical in nearly all respects to their antimatter counterparts...
...most difficult part of creating anti-hydrogen involves overcoming repulsive forces to bring together the oppositely-charged antiproton and positron...
...1980s Positron-Emission Tomography...
...Ricard D. Nitrell ’03-’04, who is usually involuntarily chaste, hooked up with four cute girls in three days last week. “I’m just emitting pheromones like a positron emitter emits positrons,” the physics concentrator mused. He was then led away to a night of passion by a positron-metaphor-loving...