Time crystals, a collection of particles that "tick"—or move back and forth in repeating cycles—were first theorized and then ...

Exotic states of matter known as time crystals are largely considered a quantum phenomenon. Now, a team from New York University (NYU) has shown that a classical time crystal can emerge in a far ...

These newly discovered spinning crystals twist, break, and heal themselves, revealing a strange new side of solid matter.

Every crystal’s shape is a mirror of the internal arrangement of their molecules, but the molecules in photoswitchable ...

Time crystals break time-translational symmetry rather than spatial symmetry, as ordinary crystals do. Peter Hannaford and Krzysztof Sacha look at how this exotic state could have similar applications ...

Although healing crystals can create a mood boost, a heightened sense of self-awareness and a perceived feeling of serenity, most of the belief in the scientific community is that crystal healing and ...

Whether you sneak them into your pocket before an interview for a pinch of luck, display them on your dresser to instil a sense of calm, or adorn your ears with them for their vibrational (and ...

With an image from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA finds clues outside the solar system that explain crystals born in ...