You can’t hold antimatter in your hand or even in a regular laboratory apparatus. As soon as antimatter meets matter, the two tend to annihilate each other. This makes studying antimatter tricky. But ...

21 Oct 2026

Scientists have unveiled a new theory on the birth of the cosmos, suggesting the early universe was shaped by an ancient particle that has been overlooked for decades. Their research tackles one of ...

26 Oct 2026

Physicists have trapped a single particle of antimatter for months and, for the first time, demonstrated that they can control its quantum behavior with extraordinary precision. The particle is a ...

24 Oct 2026

For the first time, Northwestern University physicists have coaxed a single positron—the antimatter counterpart of an electron—into an exquisitely controlled quantum state.

21 Oct 2026

Why is there so much more matter than antimatter in the universe we can see? Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. The universe owes its existence to a tiny mismatch, but one of the greatest ...

22 Oct 2026