A normal crystal forms only when the number of stationary atoms remains small. But when the number is high, especially if ...

“Our achievement may herald a new form of matter combining characteristics of solids and liquids in the same material,” ...

Everything around you - and even your body - is made up of the three phases of matter. Let's find out more. The whole world and everything we can see around us is made up of matter. Matter can be ...

Substances can exist in three states of matter - solid, liquid and gas. All substances are made from particles, and the forces between the particles are different in solids, liquids and gases. The ...

Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume. Alright, so what I'm going to do is just pour some of the liquid nitrogen into this tin and we'll see ...

Before scientists discovered the new state of matter last week, we were basically all used to just three states of matter. After all, during our daily lives we encounter some variety of solids, ...

THE tenets of physics can seem carved in stone. The speed of light is a constant. There are four fundamental forces. Theoretically, rules like these are open to revision. But new contenders had better ...

Listen to the full series on BBC Sounds. Individual particles do not have the same properties as the bulk substance. The physical properties are due to the arrangement and movement of all the ...