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Physicists created a tiny universe and watched time emerge without a clock

ScienceDailyFriday, October 30, 2026 at 11:42 AM

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Physicists created a tiny universe and watched time emerge without a clock
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Scientists have created a miniature universe in the laboratory that could help answer one of the biggest mysteries in physics: What is time, and where does it come from?

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product. Scientists have created a miniature universe in the laboratory that could help answer one of the biggest mysteries in physics: What is time, and where does it come from?

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Scientists have created a miniature universe in the laboratory that could help answer one of the biggest mysteries in physics: What is time, and where does it come from?

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Scientific signal separates durable discovery from noise — and often foreshadows policy and product.

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