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Scientists trap and tame a single particle of antimatter for months
(news.northwestern.edu)
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Don’t they annihilate each other when they encounter matter? How can a banana contain antimatter safely?
They do, and it can't. It's getting annihilated the first time it touches normal matter, producing other radiation. Nuclear decay in the banana produces more antimatter.