Transporting the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth – podcast

2026-03-26 - 05:09

A box the size of a filing cabinet was lifted by crane, slowly moved and placed very carefully in the back of an unassuming lorry earlier this week. What looked like a casual drive around the Cern campus was actually a world-first experiment in transporting antimatter, the most expensive and volatile substance on Earth. To find out why scientists wanted to achieve this milestone, and what happened on the journey, Madeleine Finlay hears from the Guardian’s science editor, Ian Sample, and the Cern physicist Dr Christian Smorra. Please drive carefully: scientists plan to transport volatile antimatter for first time Support the Guardian: theguardian.com/sciencepod Continue reading...