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Theoretical breakthrough: Generating matter and antimatter from the vacuum

ANN ARBOR, Mich.—Under just the right conditions—which involve an ultra-high-intensity laser beam and a two-mile-long particle accelerator—it could be possible to create something out of nothing, according to University of Michigan researche…

Physicists observe electron ejected from atom for first time

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Air Force Office of Scientific Research-supported physicists at the University of California, Berkeley in collaboration with researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics and the U.S. Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National L…