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Absolutely empty -- that is how most of us envision the vacuum. Yet, in reality, it is filled with an energetic flickering: the quantum fluctuations. Experts are currently preparing a laser experiment ...

Under pressure: the HED experimental station will be used to study matter under extreme conditions, including new extreme-pressure phases, solid-density plasmas and phase transitions of complex solids ...

For the first time, scientists have measured the heat transferred by the quantum effervescence of empty space. Two tiny, vibrating membranes reached the same temperature despite being separated by a ...

If you would like to learn more about the IAEA’s work, sign up for our weekly updates containing our most important news, multimedia and more. Ian Swainson, IAEA Department of Nuclear Sciences and ...