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Scientist with protective gloves handling test samples in a sterile laboratory environment.

Science

How Cloud Chambers Make Radiation Visible

Editorial Team·June 29, 2026·17 min

Close-up of a glowing plasma ball with colorful electric currents reaching outwards.

Experiments

The Anderson Positron Discovery: The First Antiparticle Seen in Nature

In 1932, Carl Anderson photographed a positron in a cloud chamber — the first antiparticle ever detected, confirming Dirac's 1928 relativistic quantum theory and opening the field of antimatter physics.

Editorial Team·June 1, 2026·16 min