Sometimes, even the simplest things can set off a quantum phenomenon.

Physicists at NYU have discovered a new type of time crystal—an exotic state of matter whose particles rhythmically “tick” while levitating on sound waves.

“Our system is remarkable because it’s incredibly simple,” said paper author and physicist David Grier of New York University ...

A team of New York University researchers announced in early February 2026 that they had created “levitating” time crystals, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Time crystals oscillate in predictable patterns across time, similar to how normal crystals repeat in atomic structure. A type of ...

Once considered an oddity of quantum physics, time crystals could be a good building block for accurate clocks and sensors, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Physicists at CU Boulder have created shimmering “time-moving” crystals from liquid crystal materials, revealing a new form of ...

Acoustic tweezers use sound waves to create a potential-energy well that can hold an object in place – they are the acoustic ...

A team at New York University has discovered a new form of time crystal that hovers using sound waves. Unlike ordinary matter, these crystals seem to behave in ways that don’t align with Newton’s ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have for the first time observed a time crystal on a microscale semiconductor chip oscillating at a rate of several billion times per second, unveiling exceptionally high ...

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