PhysicsA new kind of time crystal has been created and lasts 10 milliseconds A time crystal has been created by firing lasers at rubidium atoms. It only lasts for 10 milliseconds, but it could reveal the precise scale at which quantum effects take hold 51¶¯Âþ
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