Researchers at the University of Manchester have succeeded in observing the so-called Schwinger effect, an elusive process that normally occurs only in cosmic events. By applying high currents through specially designed graphene-based devices, the team—based at the National Graphene Institute—succeeded in producing particle-antiparticle pairs from a vacuum.
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Source: Phys.org