Nature has many rhythms: the seasons result from Earth's movement around the sun, the ticking of a pendulum clock results ...

A time crystal is a form of matter that shows continuous, repeating patterns over time, much like how atoms in a normal ...

Layering different time crystals could create ultra-secure, always-changing holographic images or vibrant, shimmering ...

Concentrated hydrogen in the galaxy’s spiral arms can be locked away in zircon crystals, providing startling clues about the ...

The visible patterns produced by the time crystals could be used for data storage and anti-counterfeiting designs.

Imagine you’re floating at the top of a cloud and you’re made of a dust particle. It’s 5 degrees Fahrenheit. Water vapor freezes onto you, making an icy, three-dimensional prism. It has six flat sides ...

Salt crystals from Central Australia hold ancient microorganisms that became trapped 830 million years ago, new research finds. And there's a chance that some of the microorganisms might still be ...

But it’s not so easy to measure whether such bodily energy exists in the first place, Jarry says. Scientists can study other forms of energy, like gravity or the energy contained in food, because we ...

Mislabeled, lab-grown, and made from plastic—fakes abound in the crystals industry. Who’s going to do anything about it? By Maddie Stone Published Sep 12, 2023 9:00 AM EDT Get the Popular Science ...