A new paper argues that materials like wood, bacteria, and fungi belong to a newly identified class of matter, 'hydration solids.' The new findings emerged from ongoing research into the strange ...

Why a “solid that flows” upends the textbook view of matter When I learned physics, the distinction between a solid and a liquid sounded clean: solids keep their shape, liquids take the shape of their ...

New study finds that the introduction of chloride ions and cations leads to a charge-by-charge arrangement, where the cations act as separators, preventing self-association of the dipyrrolyldiketone ...

Scientists have discovered a new state of matter that isn't a solid, liquid, or gas. Researchers call this new type of material a 'corralled supercooled liquid'. Atoms in a liquid are normally like ...

Discover how everyday bathroom products like toothpaste and shampoo illustrate the fascinating physics of soft matter and its ...