Discovering and controlling exotic physical states is key in condensed matter physics and materials science. It has the ...

“We actually made light into a solid. That’s pretty awesome ... But with further refinement, researchers hope that this new ...

The new phase comes in the form of a pattern of electron ... those states—are central problems in the fields of condensed matter physics and materials science," said paper author Weiguo Yin ...

Ranch dressing is actually a fifth state of matter known as soft matter. Soft matter can have properties of both liquids and ...

Less than a decade ago, researchers found a peculiar phase of matter where the electrons of a particular compound would behave in two very distinct phases. Some had spins that were very well ...

A standard time crystal is a new phase of matter that features perpetual motion without expending energy. According to Chong ...

For the first time in history, a new, peculiar condition of matter known as "half ice, half fire" was produced. A new ...

(AI generated image) A supersolid is an exotic phase of matter that simultaneously possesses the rigidity of a solid and the ability to flow like a superfluid. Until now, supersolidity had only ...

Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new phase of matter while studying a model system of a magnetic material. The phase is a ...

U.S. government scientists have developed a new phase of matter dubbed 'half ice, half fire,' which unites opposing electron spins in a unique magnet.

Credit: THOM LEACH / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Physicists have discovered a new phase of matter, dubbed "half ice, half fire," that could open the door to new advancements in fields ...