Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Physicist Xiaolin Wang proudly proclaims that his lab’s research ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new kind of matter can be both solid and liquid at once. In this chain-melted state, molten and ...

Supercooled water may be a two-for-one deal. A long-standing theory holds that liquid water at temperatures well below freezing is composed of two different arrangements of molecules, one with high ...

Going bottom-up is no problem for a boat on the underside of a levitated liquid. In a container, liquid can be levitated over a layer of gas by shaking the container up and down because the repeated, ...

In exciting new research, scientists have uncovered a new phase of matter: liquid glass. Glass has special, wild properties that make it of ongoing interest to scientists as well as the general public ...

I always knew I should’ve paid closer attention in my science classes. If I’d applied myself, I could’ve spent my career determining whether cats can be both a solid and a liquid. Science experiments ...