10PW lasers create matter from vacuum

- Social reports say ultra-intense laser experiments near the Schwinger limit converted light into particle pairs, effectively producing matter from vacuum in lab runs. - The accounts specify roughly 10-petawatt (10 PW) beam powers were used to trigger electron–positron pair production in the experiments. - If verified, the work would test extreme quantum electrodynamics predictions; for now the initial accounts are circulating on social channels. (x.com)