Short Wave

The battle between matter and antimatter

October 26, 2026·11 min·4-min readconversationalscience
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This episode of NPR's Shortwave explores two major scientific stories: a theoretical breakthrough in understanding how matter dominated antimatter in the early universe through heavy right-handed neutrinos, and the ongoing effort by Ukrainian scientists to rebuild and upgrade a damaged ra

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Ari Daniel

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Rishav RoshanSudipta SaoBrian RamsonVyacheslav ZaharenkoMichel Tagère

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Fermilab

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UTR-2NenufarLISA

Topics

AstronomyLong Form JournalismPhysicsScientific MethodSpace Exploration

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