time crystals (IMAGE)

Washington University in St. Louis

time crystals

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WashU physicists shine a microwave laser into a chunk of diamond to create a time quasicrystal, a new phase of matter that repeats precise patterns in time and space.

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Chong Zu laboratory, Washington University in St. Louis

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