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

An international research team has sparked interest in the scientific community with results in quantum physics. In their current study, the researchers reinterpret the Higgs mechanism, which gives ...

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 ...