The break of symmetries in quantum systems gives rise to a number of phenomena which allow to probe the topology and symmetry properties of the underlying field theories and vacuum states. Examples of these phenomena are the formation of magnetic vortices in the spontaneous breaking of the U(1) electromagnetic symmetry of superconductors, or the asymmetric emission of electrons in the beta decay of polarized neutrons due to Parity violation in the electroweak theory. On the other hand, translation invariance of spacetime implies total momentum conservation. Dynamically, it reflects on the newtonian action-reaction principle. The latter implies that, in order for a given system to acquire a net momentum, it has to interact with an auxiliary system which gains an equivalent momentum in the opposite direction. Generally, the greater the inertia of the auxiliary system, the more efficient the transfer of momentum to the system of interest is. In particular, since the quantum vacuum contains an infinite number of energy carriers, i.e., virtual particles, its inertia is huge. As a result, if we consider a material object as our system of interest, and the quantum vacuum as the auxiliary system, it is possible to transfer momentum from one another in an efficient manner, provided that Parity (P) and Time-reversal (T) symmetries are broken [1, 2].