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Physicists trap a single antimatter particle for a month
Researchers have held a single particle of antimatter in a trap for roughly a month, a reported record for confinement. The achievement is drawing attention because antimatter annihilates on contact with ordinary matter, making long-term storage extremely difficult, and because such traps could enable precision measurements of antimatter's properties to compare with matter.
Why now: A striking physics milestone in handling antimatter has just been reported, drawing wide interest.
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