physics

The theoretical study was led by faculty across chemistry, physics, and materials engineering at Auburn University.

"Using physics we learned something new and interesting about an adaptive strategy in an organism," says Ranjiangshang Ran, co-lead author of the paper and a postdoctoral fellow in Burton's lab.

Quantum computing uses principles of quantum physics -- the science that governs the behaviour of particles at the smallest scales -- to unlock new ways of processing information.

“What would these supershear events, knowing what we know about their physics and intensity of shaking and so on, what would they do for the utilities, for the buildings?”

"It pointed to a new piece of physics in metals," the researchers write in the paper.