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Antimatter may matter

The charge neutrality of the antimatter atom antihydrogen has been confirmed with unprecedented accuracy, paving the way for experiments that could simultaneously solve several of physics' biggest mysteries. See Letter p.373

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Phillips, T. Antimatter may matter. Nature 529, 294–295 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/529294a

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