[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.

Physicists with the U.S. Department of Energy have discovered a new phase of matter—and, with apologies to George R. R. Martin, it's something of "a song of ice and fire." The duo from the ...

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.

As a result of this discovery in 2019, Burch said he and his team wondered why and how a new phase of matter could be possible, as well as if it could be applied to any other areas of science, ...

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).

The new phase appears for a brief moment after the flash of light. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new phase of matter ...

Melting an entire iceberg with a hot poker: Spotting phase changes triggered by impurities. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 05 / 140507100425.htm ...

A new study may help answer one of the universe's biggest mysteries: Why is there more matter than antimatter? That answer, in turn, could explain why everything from atoms to black holes exists.

A two-dimensional magnetic material that could form the basis of a new type of quantum computing appears to be more stable than it first appeared. Even after introducing small perturbations into a ...