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Laser helps unlock antimatter secrets - marc / berkeley - 12-19-2016

Scientists at Cern have found a new way to unlock the secrets of antimatter.

In a major technological advance, physicists shone a laser on trapped anti-atoms to detect whether they behaved any differently to atoms.

The work could shed light on one of the enduring mysteries about antimatter.

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