Quantum physics has quietly been rewriting the rulebook on matter, and the latest breakthroughs suggest that the so‑called ...

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

A new ordered phase of matter has been discovered by Caltech researchers, which has big implications for superconductors – materials that conduct electricity with no resistance. The team thinks that ...

Most of us are familiar with water in three forms: as a vapor, a liquid, or a cold, opaque hunk you clink into your drink. But water actually exhibits numerous phases of existence depending on its ...