LHC sees baryons form more matter than antimatter

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Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have observed, for the first time, baryons forming more matter than antimatter, offering a new clue in the search for the universe's missing antimatter. This discovery, made by the LHCb collaboration, analyzed data from the collider and found an asymmetry in the decay of "beauty" baryons, a type of subatomic particle. The findings could help explain why the universe is dominated by matter. The Standard Model of particle physics predicts equal amounts of matter and antimatter, but the universe primarily consists of matter. This research, published in Nature, may help refine the model or point towards new physics.


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