Astrophysicists Solve Mystery of How Antimatter in the Milky Way Forms
In a newly published study led by Australian National University, astrophysicists reveal how most of the antimatter in the Milky Way forms. Antimatter is material…
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Plasma Wakefield Acceleration, A Step Toward Smaller Particle Colliders
In a new study, researchers detail how a technique called plasma wakefield acceleration could enable them to build more economical particle colliders. A study led…
First Data from Ultra-Cold Neutrino Experiment
Physicists have announced the first scientific results from the Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events experiment, which is designed to confirm the existence of the…
CERN Antimatter Experiment Produces First Beam of Antihydrogen
A newly published study describes the how the ASACUSA experiment at CERN produced a beam of antihydrogen atoms for the first time. The ASACUSA experiment…
Physicists Discover First Direct Evidence of Pear Shaped Nuclei in Exotic Atoms
A newly published study details the how physicists discovered the first direct evidence of pear shaped nuclei in exotic atoms, a finding that could help…
Researchers Use Data from CERN to Measure Antimatter Gravity Directly
In a new study, physicists from the Berkeley Lab and UC Berkeley used data from the ALPHA Experiment at CERN to measure antimatter gravity directly,…
CERN Details New Observation of Matter-Antimatter Asymmetry
A new study from the LHCb collaboration at CERN details the first observation of matter-antimatter asymmetry in the decays of the particle known as the…
AMS Announces the First Results in Its Search for Dark Matter
AMS announced the first results in its search for dark matter, reporting the observation of an excess of positrons in the cosmic ray flux. Geneva…
Physicists Measure Magnetic Moment of Single Particles of Matter and Antimatter
A research team led by Harvard University physicists has measured the magnetic moment of single particles of matter and antimatter with unprecedented precision. As described…
UW-Madison Researchers Help Explain the Scarcity of Anti-Matter
The Daya Bay Neutrino experiment, recognized by Science magazine as a runner-up for the breakthrough of the year, is helping physicists explain why the universe…
New Type of Neutrino Oscillation Discovered at Daya Bay
After tens of thousands of interactions of electron antineutrinos at Daya Bay, data revealed a new type of neutrino oscillation, which was measured with unmatched…
First Spectroscopic Measurements of Antihydrogen
A new study published today shows the first measurements of the antihydrogen spectrum. The ALPHA collaboration at CERN has been researching antimatter and has routinely…
Lab Experiment to Determine if Antimatter Weighs More than Baryonic Matter
Physicists at the University of California, Riverside, have set forward lab experiments to determine if antimatter behaves differently in gravity than baryonic matter. This could…
