It can be found inside gas giants such as Jupiter and is briefly created during meteorite impacts or in laser fusion ...

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

Ah, yes, the three states of matter: Solids, liquids, and gases. What a simple way to understand our physical world. Of course, if you remember a bit of ...

For more information about states of matter, check out the Science Trek website. You'll find it at science. States of Matter: More on Plasma. Video has Closed Captions CC.

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 ...

AMES, Iowa – Jigang Wang can break his research goals into just a few words: “To discover and control quantum states of matter.” But, it takes paragraphs, analogies, illustrations, internet searches ...

Physicists have discovered an exotic new state of matter that takes the form of a highly ordered crystal of subatomic particles. The new state of matter, called a "bosonic correlated insulator ...

A conceptual illustration of electrons spinning up and down. Scientists have described a ‘half ice, half fire’ state of matter that takes advantage of opposing electron spins.

Dark matter is an invisible form of matter that makes up about 85% of the matter in the universe, yet scientists aren't sure what it's made of. One idea, so-called fuzzy dark matter, suggests that ...

M icrosoft's claims about a potential breakthrough in quantum computing and the creation of a new state of matter have created backlash from physicists who question the claim's veracity. While the ...

States of matter, also called ... A beautiful illustration of this is the rich behaviour of liquid crystals, which are formed by complex organic molecules and can flow like liquids, ...