Matter vs antimatter, and clouds vs climate

Thursday, 24 July 2025 - 8:30am
Sunset through clouds

This week, Chris breaks down the latest experimental results from the Large Hadron Collider, which confirmed an asymmetry between matter and antimatter, but not enough to explain the imbalance seen in the universe; and Linden explains the power of clouds, and new research showing that how they respond to climate change can make it worse. 
 

LHCb Collaboration. Observation of charge–parity symmetry breaking in baryon decays. Nature (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09119-3 
 

Tselioudis, G., Remillard, J., Jakob, C., & Rossow, W. B. (2025). Contraction of the world's storm-cloud zones the primary contributor to the 21st century increase in the Earth's sunlight absorption. Geophysical Research Letters, 52, e2025GL114882. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025GL114882
 

Chris, Stu, Linden & Claire
Thursday 8:30am to 9:00am
Entertaining news and discussion about research that has impact on society and providing a wide range of science and technology news. Distributed nationally on the Community Radio Network.

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Chris Lassig, Stuart Burns, Claire Farrugia and Linden Ashcroft.

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