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Researchers at the University of Birmingham have demonstrated a novel approach to understanding the fundamental nature of time by observing cycles of expansion and recollapse in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
University of Birmingham
Who
Giovanni Barontini at the University of Birmingham
What
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have demonstrated a novel approach to understanding the fundamental nature of time by observing cycles of expansion and recollapse in a Bose-Einstein condensate.
When
Sun, 14 Jun 2026 21:45:00 GMT · 2h 49m ago
Where
University of Birmingham ·
Why
The experiment was motivated by approaches to the problem of time in quantum gravity, investigating how dynamics can be ordered using only internal characteristics.
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How this affects you
This research provides a controlled experimental setting for quantitatively testing constructions related to the problem of time in quantum gravity, potentially opening new avenues for exploring the elusive nature of time in quantum systems.
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