Physicists built a miniature universe and saw time emerge without an external clock
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University of Birmingham physicist Giovanni Barontini used 24,000 ultracold atoms in an isolated quantum system that repeatedly expands and contracts, echoing a Big Bang and a possible Big Crunch. In Physical Review Research, the team shows time can be inferred from the system’s internal changes alone, supporting the idea that time may not be fundamental.
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