If this push is gentle, then the response of the system will be a perturbation of its well-understood equilibrium physics. However, if the push is violent then a near-endless zoo of complex effects ...

A scientist gives an answer to a long-standing question in theoretical glass physics: what does it mean to be an order parameter for an inherently out-of-equilibrium system? Starting from first ...

Efforts to probe the physics of systems removed from equilibrium date back to Maxwell himself. But recent progress has renewed interest in the endeavour — a trend highlighted by this Insight ...

The research on this system transcends the traditional disciplines, ranging from mathematics (topological theories), to physics (active particle behavior, self-assembly), and to chemistry and chemical ...