A trapped positron, cooled almost to absolute zero and held away from every wall, can now be nudged one quantum at a time to test antimatter.

The Vatican better have Robert Langdon on speed dial.

  • CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    Well, it’s not antimatter that they inject. Its a radio isotope which has a decay that produces some antimatter. It exists for an extremely small amount of time before getting annihilated.