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If you thought your teenager was difficult – being ‘anti’ everything….. anti-family dinners, anti-birthdays and anti-pants. At least you aren’t fostering anti-matter.

Antimatter, theoretically, should comprise of the same amount of space as matter. So, half of all space should be composed of these anti-particles. Except, it isn’t.  New research at the Fermilab particle smasher suggests that matter is better, and that it is produce 1% more frequently than antimatter in particle collisions.  In particular, 1% more muons were produced compared to anti-muons (note: these are not cows).

Still, the overwhelming component of the universe is composed of matter.  It’s probably for the best though, as with all angry teenagers, antimatter tends to annihilate anything in its path.

_{Host: Torah Kachur}

_{Photo credits: archiecomics.com, INFN-Notizie, Columbia Pictures, NASA}

_{References:
http://www.nasa.gov/centers/goddard/news/topstory/2007/antimatter_binary.html
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/05/mysterious-cloud-of-antimatter-discovered-near-center-of-milky-way-.html
http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/01/mystery-of-anti/}