Shear-induced Fickian yet non-Gaussian diffusion in athermal jammed matter
Shear-rate dependence We start by focusing on a volume fraction ϕ = 0.68 (a value exactly in the middle of…
Deepak Dhar wins 2026 Dirac Medal: How the physicist explains our world with a pile of sand found hidden order inside chaos
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Crossover of quasi-localized dynamics and diffusion in supercooled liquids
A liquid cooled sufficiently fast below the melting temperature does not crystallize and can be deeply undercooled until…
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A polyhedral structure controls programmable self-assembly
Yield calculations and their experimental validation As discussed in the main text, we consider design parameters consisting of…