Physicists Create a New Kind of Time Crystal that Humans Can Actually See

Physicists create a new kind of time crystal that humans can actually see

Imagine a clock that doesn't have electricity, but its hands and gears spin on their own for all eternity. In a new study, physicists at the University of Colorado Boulder have used liquid crystals, the same materials that are in your phone display, to create such a clock—or, at least, as close as humans can get to that idea. The team's advancement is a new example of a "time crystal." That's the name for a curious phase of matter in which the p…

Physicists Develop Visible Time Crystal for the First Time

Imagine a clock that defies the conventional need for electricity or mechanical input, a clock whose hands and gears spin endlessly, powered not by batteries or wind but by the very fabric of time itself. This may sound like a concept pulled from the pages of science fiction, but researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have taken a significant stride toward realizing such a marvel through the creation of a new kind of “time crystal.” T…