Plasma happens when gas gets heated to a very high temperature and the atoms lose their electrons. Find out more about this state of matter. Science Trek is available to stream on pbs.org and the free ...

New research reveals that Earth’s solid inner core is actually in a superionic state, where carbon atoms flow freely through ...

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Physicists are now watching matter behave in a way that defies everyday intuition, with atoms and even light itself arranging ...

“Our achievement may herald a new form of matter combining characteristics of solids and liquids in the same material,” ...

A team from the Universities of Nottingham and Ulm has, for the first time, observed how tiny droplets of molten metal can be trapped in an “atomic corral,” remaining liquid at tempe ...

Scientists have discovered a new way that matter can exist—one that is different from the usual states of solid, liquid, gas or plasma—at the interface of two exotic materials made into a sandwich.

Researchers have discovered that not all atoms in a liquid are in motion and that some remain stationary regardless of the ...

Scientists have taken another major step toward creating stable quantum computers. Using a specialized quantum computer chip (an essential component of a quantum computer) as a kind of tiny laboratory ...

Scientists have discovered a new state of matter called a corralled supercooled liquid where atoms act like both solid and ...

A UC Irvine team uncovered a never-before-seen quantum phase formed when electrons and holes pair up and spin in unison, creating a glowing, liquid-like state of matter. By blasting a custom-made ...

The matter making up the world around us has long-since been organized into three neat categories: solids, liquids and gases. But last month, Microsoft announced that it had allegedly discovered ...