Airstrikes batter Iran as it attacks Israel and Gulf states, while diplomatic efforts gather pace |
Airstrikes battered Iran and Iranian missiles and drones targeted Israel's Tel Aviv and sites across the Mideast on Tuesday, even as Trump said that the United States was in talks with the Islamic Republic to end the war. With thousands more U.S. Marines on their way to the Gulf, both sides firing barrages and Iran denying any negotiations are taking place, the war's tempo remained high a day after Trump delayed his self-imposed deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Tehran's chokehold on that crucial waterway has snarled international shipping, sent fuel prices skyrocketing and threatened the world economy. Pakistan offered to host diplomatic talks, but Iran remained defiant, vowing to fight "until complete victory." Read more. |
CERN hails test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success |
Scientists at CERN took some antiprotons out for a spin in a never-tried-before test drive. Tuesday's experiment was hailed as a success. About 100 antiprotons traveled in a truck around CERN's Geneva campus and were transported back into the lab. Each particle had a corresponding antiparticle, like an antiproton, exactly matching the particle but oppositely charged. If the opposites came into contact, they would "annihilate" each other and set off energy. The mass in the test was tiny, so the worst that could happen was losing the antiprotons. Read more. |
