Science Illustrated

The Pattern In Time Crystals Is Hidden In The Fourth Dimension

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Ordinary three-dimensiona­l crystals are special because they break with the so- called spatial symmetry. The structure of an ice crystal is thus not the same when looked at from different angles. Time crystals, on the contrary, are asymmetric­al in terms of time, so that they change in appearance depending on the point in time.

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