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Yang Jiao, a professor in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of the Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering at Arizona State University, demonstrates his work mathematically in his office. He discovered the existence of hyperuniformity, an exotic state of matter, in quantum mechanical systems. Photographer: Erika Gronek/ASU

ASU researcher Yang Jiao discovers special state of matter

The ancient Chinese concept of yin and yang — which describes how seemingly opposite forces such as day and night are interconnected and interdependent — can be used to understand the concept of hyperuniformity. Yang Jiao, a professor of materials science and engineering in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, part of Ira A. Fulton…