A strange form of matter called a time crystal has fascinated physicists for about a decade. These systems move in repeating ...

Time crystals, a collection of particles that "tick"—or move back and forth in repeating cycles—were first theorized and then ...

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Using a superconducting quantum computer, physicists created a large and complex version of an odd quantum material that has a repeating structure in time ...

When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...