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.

[MUSIC] JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: There are four basic states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. When matter changes from one state to another, it's called a phase change.

As the number of particles in a physical system increases, its properties can change and different phase transitions (i.e., shifts into different phases of matter) can take place. Microscopic systems ...

“So, those two objects, it turns out, will behave very differently, and what’s happening when you get new phases of matter is you’re getting these changes in symmetry.” Burch said that depending on a ...

An exotic state of matter has been found lurking within a previous exotic state which had discovered in a magnetic compound last decade. In 2016, physicists Weiguo Yin, Christopher Roth, and ...

Ph.D.-researcher Joeri Opdam developed theoretical methods to accurately predict the phase behavior of soft matter systems that consist of colloidal mixtures and block copolymers, which is crucial ...

Phase diagram: Mapping nuclear phase changes is like studying how water changes under different conditions of temperature and pressure (net baryon density for nuclear matter).

When matter melts: Scientists map phase changes in quark-gluon plasma. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2011 / 06 / 110623141318.htm ...

New chemistry research demonstrates how 'hidden' phases of matter can be activated by extremely fast pulses of light. This fundamental scientific breakthrough paves the way for creating materials ...

Most people think of water as existing in only one of three phases: Solid ice, liquid water, or gas vapor. But matter can exist in many different phases--ice, for example, has more than ten known ...

Heating and cooling systems are some of the biggest energy guzzlers, but passive temperature control could reduce emissions. Phase-change materials show promise for this, and now engineers have ...