For more than a century, schoolbook physics has divided matter into neat categories like solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. A ...

After conducting numerous experiments with potassium, Scottish researchers have claimed to have discovered a new stable state of matter that behaves both as a solid ...

This corralled supercooled liquid relies on the surprising property that some atoms in a liquid remain stationary regardless ...

High school science misses a lot of the science researchers actually work with. For example, you learn that there are three states of matter—solid, liquid, and gas—but in advanced physics, things get ...

Imagine you're eating dinner. You try to pour some ranch dressing onto your plate to dip your veggies into. You tip the container upside down, but nothing comes out. Seems like a solid. So you shake ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Scientists have officially spotted characteristics of superfluidity (a quantum fluid ...

Normally, when liquids solidify, their molecules become locked in place, making it much harder for ions to move and leading ...

Chemists have developed a new charge-carrying molecule that possesses liquid-like conductivity even in the solid state ( ...