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 ...

Scientists in Europe have successfully simulated a process known as false vacuum decay, a hypothetical event that could one day spell the end of the universe. The experiment, carried out using ...

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 ...