This makes tensors the gold standard for expressing physical relationships in physics and geometry. Undergraduate physics majors are typically introduced to tensors in special-case applications. For ...

Tensor analysis has emerged as a fundamental mathematical framework in elucidating complex interactions within quantum physics and elasticity. In quantum physics, tensors facilitate the ...

The search for quantum gravity has gone on for 100 years, but it is not the only unification challenge in physics. Many of us believe that one day there will be a unification theory—a theory ...

Interacting system: A diagram of the researchers' four-qubit superconducting quantum chip. (Courtesy: Y Yu) Researchers at Nanjing University in China have used a superconducting quantum chip to ...

The search for quantum gravity has gone on for 100 years, but it is not the only unification challenge in physics. Many of us believe that one day there will be a unification theory—a theory ...

A research team reported the direct measurement of dielectric tensors of anisotropic structures including the spatial variations of principal refractive indices and directors. The group also ...

Dive into the world of blackbodies, and discover how their unique properties led to groundbreaking discoveries in quantum physics.