An illustration of the excitation of a spin liquid on a honeycomb lattice with neutrons. Genevieve Martin, Oak Ridge National Laboratory For years, students have learned that there are four ...

JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: Understanding the states of matter, how they act and react, is essential for scientists to invent or improve things.

The state of matter is a deceptively simple concept. It turns out that any material, no matter what it is made of, can exist in one of three forms: solid, liquid or gas. These are categories of ...

States of Matter. By Richard Pommier Swanson; Posted 01.08.08; NOVA; Water is the only substance on Earth that occurs naturally as a solid, liquid, and gas.

Before scientists discovered the new state of matter last week, we were basically all used to just three states of matter. After all, during our daily lives we encounter some variety of solids ...