Last year, an international team of scientists, including Auburn University Physics Professor Francis Robicheaux, made a scientific breakthrough by trapping and holding the anti-matter version of the hydrogen atom. The international team, known as ALPHA, was recently awarded the John Dawson Award for Excellence in Plasma Physics Research for the introduction and use of innovative plasma techniques which produced the first demonstration of trapping antihydrogren. This annual award will be presented at an award ceremony at the Division of Plasma Physics Annual Meeting Banquet.  To learn more about the ALPHA collaboration, visit this link: http://alpha.web.cern.ch/alpha/.