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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Science
Ap Correspondent

Scientists take antimatter on first road trip as they study how to navigate with ultra-sensitive cargo

FILE - A technician works in the LHC (Large Hadron Collider) tunnel of the European Organization for Nuclear Research, CERN, during a press visit in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, Feb. 16, 2016 - (Keystone)

Scientists in Geneva have begun a first-ever test drive to transport antiprotons through a very delicate journey.

If this so-called antimatter comes into contact with actual matter, even for a fraction of an instant, it will be annihilated in a quick flash of energy, according to experts at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known as CERN, where the trip is taking place.

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