Time crystals are like a clock that never needs winding or batteries. “In theory, it should be able to go on forever,” Zu said. In practice, time crystals are fragile and sensitive to the environment.

Physicists at Washington University have forged ahead in the field of quantum mechanics by creating a new phase of matter ...

Now, a team of physicists from Washington University in St. Louis have created a new type of time crystal called a ...

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a photonic crystal diffracts wavelengths in the visible range of the spectrum, giving rise to visible play-of-color. The diffraction colors in precious opal can be arranged in a variety of patterns, ...

Hundreds of regular patterns spontaneously emerge on a small germanium chip. A curiosity about tiny dots on a germanium wafer ...

Curiosity about a mistake that left tiny dots on a germanium wafer with evaporated metal films led to the discovery of beautiful spiral patterns etched on the surface of the semiconductor by a ...