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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Robin McKie, science editor

The most dangerous delivery truck? How a lorry-load of antimatter will help solve secrets of universe

Machinery that is used in the research of antimatter at Cern
‘We are trying to understand why we exist’: scientists at Cern are trying to discover why antimatter has all but vanished from the universe. Photograph: Julien Marius Ordan/Cern

Researchers are preparing to make one of science’s most unusual journeys. They are planning to transport a container of antimatter in a lorry across Europe.

Antimatter is the most expensive material on Earth – it’s estimated it would cost several trillion dollars to make a gram – and it can only be manufactured in particle physics laboratories such as the Cern research centre near Geneva.

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