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Research Notes for The Vacuum Bubble

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A Z Mackay
May 19, 2026
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I began with a question that felt almost too neat. What happens when a company claims it can turn the quantum vacuum into a commercial power source, and the claim arrives dressed like normal climate-tech fundraising? Instead of a forum post or perpetual-motion sketch, the trail opened with a seed round, a product name, an NSF award, a patent trail, and a peer-reviewed theory paper orbiting the same announcement.

The Research Trail

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