Explore the fundamental concept of matter in physics, everything that makes up the physical world around us. Matter is not ...

To better understand an exotic state of matter like disordered hyperuniformity, it may be helpful to review the characteristics of the classical states of matter: solids, liquids, gases and plasmas.

Solids, liquids, and gases are just the beginning. These are five more states of matter that you probably never knew existed.

And the glowing colors of neon signs are created by plasma and so is the light inside a fluorescent bulb. For more information about states of matter, check out the Science Trek website.

Exotic states Now that the chain-melt phase of potassium is confirmed, it joins the known array of other unusual states of matter beyond gas, liquid, and solid.

This series explores how different states of matter – solid, liquid and gas – changes and how we use them in our everyday lives.

Some things are solids and some things are liquids and never the twain shall meet. Except for when they do. Physicists are taking a closer look at these two phases of matter and perhaps redefining ...

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 ...

Scientists have discovered a new state of physical matter in which atoms can exist as both solid and liquid simultaneously.

The study of matter and the changes it goes through is called "physics." Matter comes in four basic states or phases; a solid, a liquid, a gas or plasma.

Glass and other strange materials have long confounded textbook definitions of what it means to be solid. Now, two groups of physicists propose a new solution to the riddle.