Scientists trap an antimatter particle for months, a breakthrough that could test fundamental physics
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Researchers led by Gerald Gabrielse at Northwestern University used electric and magnetic fields to capture and hold a positron (antimatter electron) for months in a controlled trap, published October 21 in Physical Review Letters.
More research is needed to test whether this breakthrough will resolve the puzzle of why the universe has more matter than antimatter.
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