Scientists searching for the Achilles’ heel that wiped out antimatter have taken a big step, but they’re not yet certain where they’re headed.
Peering down a corridor of the KEK B factory. KEK
The researchers want to know why the universe today appears to contain almost no antimatter, although presumably, in the Big Bang, both matter and antimatter formed in equal quantities.
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