For decades, physicists at CERN and elsewhere have been trying to overcome these limitations with antihydrogen, which consists of a single positron orbiting a single antiproton.
The difficulties encountered in attempting to re-examine and challenge clearly erroneous verdicts have been compounded in recent decades by limitations in the ease with which post-conviction legal review is available.
As computer circuits shrink toward atomic dimensions - which they have for decades in accordance with Moore's Law - chip designers are running into physical limitations using traditional techniques.
Tax returns have a statute of limitations meaning that there is a limit to the amount of time over which the accuracy of those returns can be challenged.