Yale physicists looked for a signature of a discrete time crystal in a crystal of monoammonium phosphate. Yale physicists have uncovered hints of a time crystal — a form of matter that “ticks” when exposed to an electromagnetic pulse — in the last place they expected: a crystal you might find in a child’s toy. The discovery means there are now new puzzles to solve, in terms of how time crystals fo
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