solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. When matter changes from one state to another, it's called a phase change. So, what causes a phase change? Well, there are a few different things. One is to change ...

“We actually made light into a solid. That’s pretty awesome ... But with further refinement, researchers hope that this new ...

Scientists from the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have made a breakthrough in ...

Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new phase of matter while studying a model system of a magnetic material. The phase is a ...

A supersolid is a unique phase of matter that combines the structural rigidity of a solid with the frictionless flow of a superfluid. Previously, supersolidity had only been observed in Bose ...

“This work not only demonstrates the observation of a super-solid phase in a photonic platform but also opens the way to the exploration of quantum phases of matter in non-equilibrium systems,” adds ...

Hazzard said the achievement shows that concepts from quantum optics can be translated into solid materials. "This opens a new way to create and control phases of matter using ideas from cavity ...

Exceptional points (EPs) are unique types of energy-level degeneracies that occur in non-Hermitian systems. Since their ...

Phase transitions and critical phenomena ... A change in the state of matter, such as from a solid to a liquid, is a classic example. The authors reveal that a symmetric Weyl metal can generate ...