https://lidaxu66.github.io/publication_types/article/ArticleHugo Blox Builder (https://hugoblox.com)en-usMon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://lidaxu66.github.io/media/icon_hu_f8ed65c79a138bbd.pnghttps://lidaxu66.github.io/publication_types/article/https://lidaxu66.github.io/publications/preprint/Mon, 17 Nov 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://lidaxu66.github.io/publications/preprint/<p>Atoms form molecules, which give rise to nucleotides that assemble into DNA. Segments of DNA become genes, and genes encode the proteins that build increasingly complex systems. Layer upon layer, something remarkable emerges—life. Life is perhaps one of the most vivid examples of emergence in nature: multilayer structures are never just the sum of their components. Instead, the synergy among layers collectively gives rise to new phenomena.</p> <p>Presented in our new paper, we introduce a programmable framework of multi-layer quantum systems, and a single parameter can be used to program the synergy of different layers, revealing new physics that simply doesn&rsquo;t exist in single-layer systems. This single parameter plays a role analogous to a gene-regulatory switch in biology: by tuning it, one can steer the multilayer system into entirely different emergent behaviors—much like a gene network guiding a cell toward becoming muscle or skin.</p>