A group of Sussex scientists is leading the race to solve the mysteries of the Big Bang.
The team from the University of Sussex is at the forefront of research into why the universe contains matter and has been given a £2.3 million grant to make sensitive measurements of sub-atomic particles.
The results, expected within six years, could explain the creation of matter after the Big Bang.
Physicist Dr Philip Harris, team leader, said: "Although there are a couple of other teams in the world working in the same area, we're managing to stay ahead of them.
"We are on the verge of a major breakthrough in our understanding of the very origin of matter in the universe."
Using the £2.3 million grant from the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council, the scientists are collaborating with physicists at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the Universities of Oxford and Kure, Japan, to develop new measuring apparatus.
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