Physicists have come up with the mind-boggling concept of a time crystal. This intriguing proposal, which is based on the notion of broken time-translation symmetry, might open up a whole new field of research.
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Coleman, P. Time crystals. Nature 493, 166–167 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/493166a
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