Researchers created a strange quantum crystal from a material found in smartphones—the first of its kind visible to the naked ...

First theorized in 2012, researchers are beginning to find new ways to implement this mind-bending technology.

A team at CU Boulder has made a curious state of matter in which particles move constantly—like a clock with hands and gears ...

For the first time, a time crystal has been built that can be directly seen by human eyes, rippling in an array of neon-hued ...

Physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have created the first time crystal that humans can actually see, using liquid crystals that swirl into never-ending patterns when illuminated by light ...

Scientists have released a video showing the world's first ever 'visible time crystals' that continue to move and change shape over time.

That’s close to what physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have created—a new kind of time crystal made from ...

Everything is born out of nothing. All you do is shine a light, and this whole world of time crystals emerges,” said University of Colorado Boulder physicist Ivan Smalyukh. In a field where most ...

Imagine a clock that doesn’t have electricity, but its hands and gears spin on their own for all eternity. In a new study, ...

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