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

In a rare action, the state Senate voted 61-0 Tuesday to override Gov. Cuomo’s veto of a bill requiring full-day kindergarten around the state. It was the first such override since 2006, when ...

The four fundamental states of matter are solid, liquid, gas and plasma, but there others, such as Bose-Einstein condensates and time crystals, that are man-made.

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.

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 ...

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 ...