time crystals
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Why Do Physicists Keep Finding New States Of Matter?
Ah, yes, the three states of matter: Solids, liquids, and gases. What a simple way to understand our physical world.
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Scientists Finally Observed Time Crystals, But What The Hell Are They?
My first question was, “What is a time crystal?” Harvard graduate students Soonwon Choi, Joonhee Choi and postdoctoral researcher Renate Landig all started laughing. “That’s a very good question,” said Soonwon. The time crystal’s silly science fiction name shrouds its deep quantum mechanical nuance. Sometimes a name is simply the easiest approximation to describe something…