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Physicists created a tiny universe and watched time emerge without a clock
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What we know
Scientists have created a miniature universe in the laboratory that could help answer one of the biggest mysteries in physics: What is time, and where does it come from? Using 24,000 ultracold atoms, a University of Birmingham researcher built an isolated quantum system that repeatedly expands and contracts, mimicking the…
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Physicists created a tiny universe and watched time emerge without a clock
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Physicists created a tiny universe and watched time emerge without a clock
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- ScienceDaily TechnologyPhysicists created a tiny universe and watched time emerge without a clock
- ScienceDaily Top NewsPhysicists created a tiny universe and watched time emerge without a clock