Tag Archives: CP-violation

Physicists test if they can load antimatter on a truck

Posted on July 24, 2025 by VM

Physicists in Europe have reported that it’s possible to transport charged particles on a truck for four hours without disturbing them in any way. This seemingly run-of-the-mill announcement, reported in Nature on May 14, actually contains within its details the … Continue reading →

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Found: clue to crack the antimatter mystery

Posted on July 17, 2025 by VM

Imagine you’ve put together a torchlight. You know exactly how each part of the device works. You know exactly how they’re all connected togetger. Yet when you put in fresh batteries and turn it on, the light flickers. You take … Continue reading →

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Where’s all the antimatter? New CERN results show the way.

Posted on April 27, 2013 by VM

If you look outside your window at the clouds, the stars, the planets, all that you will see is made of matter. However, when the universe was born, there were equal amounts of matter and antimatter. So where has all … Continue reading →

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The strong CP problem: We’re just lost

Posted on December 14, 2012 by VM

Unsolved problems in particle physics are just mind-boggling. They usually concern nature at either the smallest or the largest scales, and the smaller the particle whose properties you’re trying to decipher, the closer you are to nature’s most fundamental principles, … Continue reading →

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