Light created from a vacuum

ScienceDaily (Nov. 18, 2011) — Scientists at Chalmers have succeeded in creating light from vacuum -- observing an effect first predicted over 40 years ago. In an innovative experiment, the scientists have managed to capture some of the photons that are constantly appearing and disappearing in the vacuum.The results have been published in the journal Nature.The experiment is based on one of the most counterintuitive, yet, one of the most important principles in quantum mechanics: that vacuum is...

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