Physicists have successfully transported antimatter by truck for the first time — a milestone that allows them to study the elusive material with unprecedented precision and could eventually help to explain how matter came to dominate the universe.
The short, tightly controlled journey around the campus of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva demonstrated that antimatter, one of the most fragile substances known to science, can be moved without being destroyed. That capability allows scientists to transport antimatter to quieter labs across Europe, where ultrasensitive experiments are less affected by interference than they are at CERN.
