Explore the fundamental concept of matter in physics, everything that makes up the physical world around us. Matter is not ...

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You probably learned in school that there are three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Think ice cube, a puddle of water and steam. Maybe you also learned about a fourth state, known as plasma .

It is these materials that have formed our conventional understanding of solid matter. The other class of materials is granular, as we see in substances like rice, flour, or ground coffee.

However, understanding a photon’s geometry, shape, and interactions with matter is crucial to gaining deeper insights into the science that governs the quantum world.