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Physicists Built a Spacetime Crystal - And Then Watched It Melt
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Michelle Starr
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Physicists at Shanghai Jiao Tong University have observed the melting process of a spacetime crystal using a tabletop experiment with vibrating plastic disks. The study reveals that this exotic state of matter melts in three distinct stages, providing new insights into phase transitions.
Add ScienceAlert on Google (Florencio Horcajo Alvarez/Canva) We tend to think of melting as a relatively straightforward process – a solid material's gradual slide towards liquid entropy.
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