You probably learned in school that there are three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Think ice cube, a puddle of water and fog. Maybe you also learned about a fourth state, known as plasma ...

You probably learned in school that there are three states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. Think ice cube, a puddle of water and steam. Maybe you also learned about a fourth state, known as plasma.

Water exists in there forms - solid, liquid and gas - that's what our textbooks have taught us. But a recent study found that a different form of water called plastic ice VII might be present out ...

A supersolid is a paradox of physics — a material that is both solid and liquid at the same time. This contradictory form of matter was first proposed more than 60 years ago, and, for a long ...

Dimitrios Trypogeorgos from Italy’s National Research Council (CNR) reportedly said, “We actually made light into a solid. That’s pretty awesome.” This feat builds on earlier work by ...

School of Energy and Power, Jiangsu University of Science and Technology, Zhenjiang 212100, China School of Materials Science and Engineering, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan ...