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Here is a new material capable of behaving like a liquid under low pressure, then solidifying instantly upon impact. Researchers at Caltech have designed a new category of materials, called ...

Scientists have transformed light into a supersolid, a breakthrough merging solid and liquid properties in quantum physics.

Ranch dressing is actually a fifth state of matter known as soft matter. Soft matter can have properties of both liquids and solids, so materials scientists say it is viscoelastic – a combination of ...

In a new study published in Nano Letters, researchers at the University of Rochester show that precisely layering nano-thin ...

Effective protection of biological tissues from severe blunt force injury by engineered nanoscale liquid flow. Sci Rep. 2024;14(1):28947. doi: 10.1038/s41598-024-80490-3 This article has been ...

Engineers enhanced liquid nanofoam technology, originally used in football helmets, to protect internal organs from traumatic ...

Soft matter can have properties of both liquids and solids, so materials scientists say it is viscoelastic – a combination of viscous and elastic. Other common examples of soft matter include ...