In 4D, they’d survive anything (Image: Benedict Redgrove/Image Bank/Getty)
Update: Frank Wilczek’s time crystal ideas have now been accepted for publication in Physical Review Letters, as has a follow-up study suggesting an alternative way to build a time crystal.
Original article, published 18 January 2012
IT IS a chilling prospect. At some point, the universe faces a cold and haunting future. Its entropy, or disorder, is always increasing and when it peaks, energy will no longer be able to flow, making life and almost everything else impossible. By this time, black holes will have evaporated and ever-accelerating expansion will…
