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10 stories from Planck Standard. Latest: May 28, 2026.
An Aalto University team coupled a time crystal made of magnons in superfluid helium-3 to a tiny mechanical oscillator, a step toward ultra-sensitive quantum sensors and better quantum memory.
Working in superfluid helium-3 at less than a ten-thousandth of a degree above absolute zero, Jere Mäkinen's team coupled an eternally ticking time crystal to a nanowire oscillator, turning a theoretical curiosity into a usable quantum component.
Aalto University researchers coupled a perpetually ticking quantum state of helium-3 to a mechanical resonator, demonstrating in Nature Communications a route toward ultra-precise sensors and far longer-lived qubits.
Aalto University researchers achieve first-ever coupling of perpetually moving quantum system to mechanical oscillator, opening door to new technologies.
In a Nature Communications paper, Jere Mäkinen's team shows a continuous time crystal in superfluid helium-3 can be read out by an everyday classical instrument — opening a path to quantum-memory hardware.
Magnons in superfluid helium-3 self-organized into a state that ticked for 108 cycles before a tiny mechanical membrane was used to read it out and tune its frequency — closing the gap between a theoretical curiosity and a real quantum component.
Researchers have successfully linked a time crystal to an external mechanical system for the first time, opening doors to revolutionary quantum technologies including ultra-precise sensors and advanced computing systems.
Researchers at Aalto University successfully linked a time crystal to an external mechanical oscillator, opening doors to revolutionary quantum technologies and ultra-precise sensors.
Researchers successfully link perpetually moving quantum system to external oscillator, opening door to practical applications in sensors and quantum memory.
Professor David Grier's team levitated tiny styrofoam beads in standing acoustic waves, producing a macroscopic time crystal through nonreciprocal particle interactions that carry momentum away via sound, defying the equal-and-opposite-reaction principle.