For RIKEN, the big scientific news this week was the release of a paper in Nature Communications by the ASACUSA collaboration, which includes RIKEN scientists, reporting the successful creation of a beam of antihydrogen atoms.
A number of major outlets such as NBC News, Fox News, Yahoo News, India TV, and O Globo from Brazil reported the news. Some put a humorous twist on the popular image of antimatter beams, noting that the beam would be used for good rather than nefarious purposes.