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Laser cooling traps more antimatter atoms than ever before

Studying trapped antimatter could help to explain why our world is so full of matter.
A general, wide-angle view of the equipment used in the ALPHA experiment at CERN, showing lots of cables running all around the room

The ALPHA experiment at the particle-physics laboratory CERN undertakes detailed studies of antimatter. Credit: CERN/Science Photo Library

Researchers have trapped more atoms of antimatter more quickly than ever before — a potentially transformative step in elucidating the mysteries of this elusive substance1.

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Nature 648, 10 (2025)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03877-w

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  1. Akbari, R. et al. Nature Commun. 16, 10106 (2025).

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