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For a human, the smallest unit of time is a second. <\/p>\n
However, it seems like the same does not stand true for the universe. According to a new study, scientists believe that the smallest length of time might be as tiny as a millionth of a billionth of a billionth of a billionth of a second. It has been suggested that the universe might have a fundamental clock that might be ticking faster than expected. <\/p>\n
According to a team of physicists, time might be the result of a physical process. The study was published in the Physics Review Letters on June 19, 2020. <\/p>\n
When asked about what exactly can be defined as time, Martin Bojowald, a physicist at Pennsylvania State University in University Park, told Live Science, We don't know. We know that things change, and we describe that change in terms of time.<\/p>\n
In physics, time is described by two clashing theories. While quantum mechanics describes it as, Time is just there. Its fixed. Its a background, according to physicist Flaminia Giacomini of the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Canada. However, the general theory of relativity describes time in a different way altogether. <\/p>\n
The scientists believe that studying different mechanisms and combining them all together, including fundamental clocks, might prove helpful in formulating a new theory about the concept of time.<\/p>\n
Bojowald and his team have claimed that the ticks of two identically built atomic clocks would never be completely similar. This allows researchers to establish that time has a fundamental nature.<\/p>\n
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