Ranch dressing is actually a fifth state of matter known as soft matter. Soft matter can have properties of both liquids and ...

New research reveals light can behave as a supersolid, paving the way for advancements in quantum computing and optical ...

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

At first, the photons settle into a state with zero momentum, but as this state 'fills up', pairs of photons begin to spill ...

Microsoft has developed the world’s first quantum computing chip called Majorana 1. The company says quantum computers are ...

So, a good way to think about the states of matter is to think about football. In a solid state, the atoms are tightly packed together. They don't move too much and stay in place. When a football ...

Scientists have transformed light into a supersolid for the first time, unlocking new possibilities in quantum physics, ...

There are three main states of matter: solid, liquid and gas. When a substance changes state, this is a physical change because no new substances are produced and the change is reversible.

Italian researchers have turned light into a quantum ‘supersolid’, an achievement which they called “pretty awesome”.

With properties of a superfluid but with a crystalline structure, supersolids have previously only been observed in ultracold ...