A new (fourth) state of matter
Science classes everywhere teach about the three states of matter (solid, liquid and gas), but now, for the first time, scientists have successfully created an entirely new form of matter called ‘time crystals.’ The crystals have a strange atomic structure that repeats not just in space, but in time, putting them in perpetual motion without energy. That may sound abstract, but excited researchers say the crystals could herald in a new era in physics and eventually revolutionize how we store and transfer information in quantum computing.
