You probably know what a crystal is. We've all seen one, held one in our hands, and even tasted one on our tongue (for instance sodium chloride crystals, also known as "salt"). But what on earth is a ...

The crystal is able to forever cycle between states without losing energy. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Researchers working in ...

Eventually, the universe is going to die. It's not going to be soon, but it's going to happen, and when it does, our top priority should definitely be to have a computer that can survive it.

Time crystals can be used to stabilise fragile states within quantum computers, which could one day give them an edge over traditional computers. When Nobel laureate Frank Wilczek first theorised that ...