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Breakthrough in Quantum Physics: Time-Rondeau Crystal Discovered

11/14/2025

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Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have observed a time-rondeau crystal, a unique phase where long-term order coexists with short-term disorder, described in Nature Physics.
They manipulated carbon-13 spins in diamonds with lasers and microwave pulses to achieve this state and markedly increased spin polarization.
The rondeau order permits controllable fluctuations within predictable behavior and points to future quantum applications, though immediate uses are still being explored.

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Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley have observed a time-rondeau crystal, a unique phase where long-term order coexists with short-term disorder, described in Nature Physics.
They manipulated carbon-13 spins in diamonds with lasers and microwave pulses to achieve this state and markedly increased spin polarization.
The rondeau order permits controllable fluctuations within predictable behavior and points to future quantum applications, though immediate uses are still being explored.