Antimatter Factory Starts Work

doctor_oktagon writes: "The BBC are reporting that 'Scientists at Europe's biggest high-energy physics laboratory have built an "antimatter factory" to study why the world is made of matter, not its mirror image.' This looks like pretty exciting stuff! They slow 'anti-proton' particles down to 1/10th light speed, mix them with protons, and then hope to study the result: antihydrogen. This will hopefully give them insight into why the universe is made of matter, and not antimatter, though I guess this is all relative to your persective! Go here to read the BBC News article in full"