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Researchers Link Time Crystal to Perpetual Motion Breakthrough

10/17/2025

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Jere Mäkinen, Academy Research Fellow at Aalto University, led researchers who linked a time crystal to an external system for the first time.
They showed the time crystal can sustain perpetual motion without external energy.
The team used radio waves to inject magnons into a helium-3 superfluid, producing motion for up to 108 cycles.
Nature Communications published the study, and the work may advance quantum computing and sensing.

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Jere Mäkinen, Academy Research Fellow at Aalto University, led researchers who linked a time crystal to an external system for the first time.
They showed the time crystal can sustain perpetual motion without external energy.
The team used radio waves to inject magnons into a helium-3 superfluid, producing motion for up to 108 cycles.
Nature Communications published the study, and the work may advance quantum computing and sensing.