Physicists trap and tame single particle of antimatter for months

Last updated: October 21, 2026 7:00 pm

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

Source: Phys.org

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