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Giovanni Barontini created a 'mini-universe' from approximately 24,000 rubidium atoms cooled to billionths of a degree above absolute zero to study the nature of time.
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University of Birmingham
Who
Giovanni Barontini, a physicist at the University of Birmingham
What
Giovanni Barontini created a 'mini-universe' from approximately 24,000 rubidium atoms cooled to billionths of a degree above absolute zero to study the nature of time.
When
Fri, 19 Jun 2026 15:02:15 GMT · 2h 1m ago
Where
University of Birmingham ·
Why
to probe the nature of time, and whether it represents a foundational property of our cosmos
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This study provides the first controlled experimental evidence that 'time' can be defined by changes within a system rather than as an external 'ticking clock', offering new insight into the nature of time in quantum gravity.
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