
Scientists create strange matter in which time has ‘two dimensions’
By Simons Foundation By shining a laser pulse sequence inspired by the Fibonacci numbers at atoms inside a quantum computer, physicists have created a remarkable, never-before-seen phase of matter. The phase has the benefits of two time dimensions despite there still being only one singular flow of time, the physicists report July 20 in Nature. This mind-bending property offers a sought-after benefit: Information stored in the … Continue reading Scientists create strange matter in which time has ‘two dimensions’