Researchers have simulated "false vacuum decay," a theoretical quantum process often called the "bubble of doom" that could ...

(Viaframe/Stone/Getty Images) Although our Universe appears to be stable, it might just be in a temporary state of false calm ...

A new method developed at LMU overcomes fundamental resolution limits and may provide insights into high-temperature ...

Physicists in China have recreated a laboratory-scale simulation of 'false vacuum decay,' a hypothetical quantum event that could theoretically end the universe. Using a ring of highly excited Rydberg ...

Designing quantum experiments Left: the AI takes the first three from a class of target quantum states and produces a Python ...

Physicists in China have simulated false vacuum decay — a theoretical quantum event that could abruptly end the universe — using a ring of highly excited Rydberg atoms. The tabletop experiment ...

In the quirky quantum world, particles can be affected by forces that they never directly encounter. A classic example is the ...

Researchers have made a meaningful advance in the simulation of molecular electron transfer -- a fundamental process underpinning countless physical, chemical and biological processes. The study ...

Researchers have found that a swirling water vortex can force opposing waves to form rotating lines of stillness across an ...

A ball tossed into the air follows a path that classical physics can track with confidence. Shrink that ball down to the size ...