In everyday life, all matter exists as either a gas, liquid, or solid. In quantum mechanics, however, it is possible for two ...

Liquid crystals and liquid glass are among these peculiar states, but they are not alone. “We all observe in everyday life at least three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas.

Supersolid light, a newly discovered phase of matter, represents a groundbreaking leap in our understanding of physics. This ...

The three basic states of matter we know, but there’s a fourth that’s WAY more common than you might think. This week is all ...

We explore Supercritical Fluids and how being "in the between" is their superpower. Supercritical Fluids are one the strangest states of matter and yet they are found everywhere from Decaf Coffee ...

Everyone knows solid, liquid, and gas—but what about time crystals, quark-gluon plasma, and Bose-Einstein condensates? Science has uncovered far stranger states of matter, many of which behave in ways ...

Earth's inner core, the deepest part of our planet, is characterized by extremely high pressure and temperature, forcing the matter found there in a status somewhere between liquid and solid, a ...

Physicists begin to shed light on one of the most important questions regarding quantum spin liquids, and they do so by introducing a new phase of matter.

Researchers report that the way a tissue's cells are arranged can serve as a fingerprint for the tissue's 'phase' -- whether it is more like a solid, liquid, or gas. For example, tumors that are ...

Researchers have found evidence of a theorized quantum phenomenon, quantum spin liquid, in a material called pyrochlore cerium stannate.

Computer simulations suggest that matter that behaves like a mash-up of solid and liquid could explain oddities of Earth’s center.