The Quanta Podcast

Audio Edition: New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder

April 16, 2026·13 min
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For decades, mathematicians have struggled to understand matrices that reflect both order and randomness, like those that model semiconductors. A new method could change that. The story New Physics-Inspired Proof Probes the Borders of Disorder first appeared on Quanta Magazine.

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