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  • A Time Crystal Survived a Whopping 40 Minutes

    A Time Crystal Survived a Whopping 40 Minutes

    A team of physicists in Germany managed to create a time crystal that demonstrably lasts 40 minutes—10 million times longer than other known crystals—and could persist for even longer. Ordinary crystals, by which I mean crystals in macro-scale space, are solids whose atoms are arranged in a highly organized pattern. Diamonds, snowflakes, and table salts…


  • Watch Beautiful Crystals Form Right Before Your Eyes

    Watch Beautiful Crystals Form Right Before Your Eyes

    Video: Emanuele Fornasier ran an electric current through various chemical solutions and recorded the reaction to reveal the formation of crystals. It’s like seeing the birth of a snowflake. The process definitely looks fantastic but in reality, it’s really, really slow. It can take hours or even days for the crystals to take shape.