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The concept of the vacuum, initially thought to be empty, is actually steeped in complex physics. From Aristotle's horror vacui to quantum field fluctuations, this piece explores the transition from ...

Physicists in China have simulated the effect of "false vacuum decay": a phenomenon believed to play out constantly in the ...

A ring of 10 to 30 atoms, each inflated to a fragile, oversized state and held in place by laser tweezers, has given ...

Madrid, Apr 16 (The Conversation) Is the vacuum empty? The answer depends on the level of sophistication of physics we use.If we limit ourselves to the everyday physics of touching, seeing, or ...

The cutting-edge vacuum technology under development at Brazil’s new synchrotron, Sirius, will allow more stable and brighter X-ray beams for the study of matter at shorter length and timescales, ...

The archetype is familiar: The solitary physicist, deep in thought, paces beside a chalkboard peppered with symbols and equations. The astronomer, perched alone at the edge of the night, peers into a ...

Bespoke vacuum sample environments at synchrotron X-ray facilities reveal nanoscale kinetics, chemical transformations and other processes relevant to materials synthesis, explains Paul Evans Window ...