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Similar to these time crystals, some biochemical processes in the body involve nonreciprocal interactions, including how the body breaks down food.

From Science Daily • Mar. 22, 2026

Recently, researchers have observed nonreciprocal supercurrent transport leading to diode effects in various superconducting materials with different geometric structures and designs, including single crystals, thin films, heterostructures, nanowires, and Josephson junctions.

From Science Daily • Oct. 2, 2023

These engineered crystal lattices transport sound in highly unusual, nonreciprocal ways, reminiscent of how electrons travel with unique features in topological insulators.

From Scientific American • Nov. 18, 2022

It is a nonreciprocal transaction of interest or attention, on unequal terms of exchange.

From Slate • Dec. 20, 2019

Is there anyone who has been entirely nonreciprocal to this approach?

From Salon • Mar. 18, 2011