If our universe were in this false vacuum state, researchers fret that a strange chain reaction could trigger what’s called a ...

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

Of all the possible ways for the universe to end, the one that is the most concerning is known as False Vacuum Decay. While ...

The universe could undergo a catastrophe that would change absolutely everything, scientists have shown using a quantum machine. The groundbreaking simulation allowed scientists to better understand a ...

Physicists in China have simulated the effect of "false vacuum decay": a phenomenon believed to play out constantly in the seemingly empty expanses of space, and which one theory even suggests could ...

Quantum mechanics would allow the Universe to eventually tunnel to the lowest energy state, or the ‘true’ vacuum, and that process would result in a cataclysmic global event. (CREDIT: Professor Zlatko ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

An experiment conducted in Trento (Italy) by researchers of the University of Trento, from the Italian National Institute of Optics CNR-INO and from TIFPA, with theory support from Newcastle ...

Physicists in China have recreated a rare quantum effect known as false vacuum decay, a theoretical process that could abruptly transform the universe. Using a ring of highly excited Rydberg atoms ...

(Nanowerk News) Physicists have performed a groundbreaking simulation they say sheds new light on an elusive phenomenon that could determine the ultimate fate of the Universe. Pioneering research in ...

Black holes, the enigmatic end-products of stellar collapse and pivotal cosmological objects, have long intrigued theoretical physicists through their intricate interplay with quantum fields. A ...