Laboratory experiments have coaxed simple molecules into states that naturally become more complex, hinting at the origins of ...

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 ...

These materials can produce a new state of matter, a topological state, rather than a traditional solid, liquid, or gas. But ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory discovered a new phase a matter called “half-ice, half-fire.” This elemental moniker is a reference to the ...

Here in our online science lab you can find out more about states of matter and see what happens when different substances change state by interacting with the activity. There are three main ...