First Truckload of Antimatter Unlocks New Sci-Fi Possibilities | What The Future

The BASE experiment at CERN, on the France-Switzerland border, is celebrating the first successful transport of antimatter by truck. The newfound ability to transport antimatter offsite will empower scientists to study it in greater detail without interference from the giant magnets that power CERN's antimatter factory, possibly unlocking hidden truths about the nature of the universe. Read more about it on CNET.com Physicists create antimatter https://zdcs.link/aB84lB CERN scientists trap antimatter https://zdcs.link/aMKDG4 0:00 The Most Expensive Material in the Universe 0:15 The Dangers of Matter-Antimatter Annihilation 0:58 Defining Antimatter: Protons vs. Anti-protons 1:49 Could Antimatter Be Weaponized? 2:06 Inside the Historic Antimatter Transport 2:33 How Penning Traps and Vacuums Work 2:51 Why Antimatter Costs $62 Trillion Per Gram 3:14 Moving Off-Site to Solve Cosmic Mysteries1 4:18 The Future of Fundamental Physics Add CNET as a trusted news source https://www.google.com/preferences/source?q=cnet.com Never miss a deal again! See CNET’s browser extension 👉 https://bit.ly/3lO7sOU Check out CNET’s Amazon Storefront: https://www.amazon.com/shop/cnet Subscribe to CNET on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/cnet Follow us on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@cnetdotcom Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cnet Follow us on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/cnet.com Like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cnet CNET's AI Atlas: https://www.cnet.com/ai-atlas Follow us on X: https://www.x.com/cnet Visit CNET.com: https://www.cnet.com #cern #physics #proton #antimatter #expensive #scifi #science #space