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Home » Mathematics and computation » Classical time crystals could exist in nature, say physicists

Classical time crystals could exist in nature, say physicists

11 Feb 2020
Time crystals
Time after time: simulations suggest that classical discrete time crystals could exist in nature. (Courtesy: Shutterstock_Dmitriy-Rybin)
When time crystals were first proposed in 2012 by physicist Frank Wilczek they seemed like an exotic

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Philip Ball is a science writer based in the UK
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