Data from the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) has revealed that particles retain spin signatures from the quantum vacuum.

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Scientists enable excitons to surpass light to transform materials and open new advanced paths to quantum devices.

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By creating a 'little bit of the Universe in a bottle' in her lab, a PhD student in physics has reverse-engineered the ...