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1 verified story from Evanston, Illinois, published October 26, 2026. It is filed under Science. It is checked and linked to the original report.

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Northwestern physicists hold one antimatter particle for months

Gerald Gabrielse's team cooled a single positron nearly to absolute zero and suspended it for months in a trap with no walls, a step toward a sharper matter-antimatter comparison.

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