Weird antimatter particles discovered

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captdude

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The following link will take you to the complete story. (the first paragraph of that story is cut and pasted below)

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/37951862/ns ... ce-science

by Clara Moskowitz

updated 6/26/2010 10:29:25 PM ET
Exotic antimatter particles have been detected deep within the Earth's interior, scientists report.

Studying these particles, which are thought to result from radioactive decay within Earth, could help scientists better understand how the flow of heat inside our planet affects surface events like volcanoes and earthquakes.

The particles, called geoneutrinos, are made of a strange type of matter called antimatter, which has properties opposite those of regular matter.
 
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Personally, I think the link between the term geoneutrinos and antimatter neutrinos is pretty weird in itself. I hope to be able to read the original article without the media filter.
 
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Is this news bit just a coincidence with the recent discovery of asymmetry between neutrinos' and anti-neutrinos' type-oscillations?
 
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