Discovering a new class of matter in the lab of Chiara Daraio at Caltech, researchers have identified a type of material that uniquely responds to stress, behaving like a fluid under some conditions ...

Molecular Arrangement: The way molecules pack together also influences density. In solids, molecules are tightly packed in a fixed arrangement, whereas in liquids, they are more loosely packed and can ...

The collaborators are Kazan Federal University, Vereschagin Institute of High Pressure Physics (Russian Academy of Sciences), Queen Mary University of London, Imperial College London, Rutherford ...

An international research group has developed a new X-ray spectroscopy method based on the classical double-slit experiment to gain new insights into the physical properties of solids. An ...

Researchers at Texas A&M University have achieved a breakthrough by developing the world’s first metallic gel – a material ...

Placing materials under extremely strong magnetic fields can give rise to unusual and fascinating physical phenomena or ...

An experiment in the United Kingdom has failed to find evidence of a particle meant to explain most of the universe’s mass. But the search isn’t over. When cosmologists observe the way the universe ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Solids are divided into two main categories, crystalline solids and amorphous solids, based on ...

In its current form, the new diffuser could be used to calibrate a wide range of imaging systems, but the researchers believe that their mechanism could ultimately lead to holographic video screens or ...