Imagine a liquid that flows freely one moment, then stiffens into a near-solid the next, and then can switch back with a ...

Researchers have detailed the physics behind a phenomenon that allows them to create spin in liquid droplets using ultrasound waves, which concentrates solid particles suspended in the liquid. The ...

It’s summer, it’s hot, and these atoms are going for a swim. For the first time ever, materials scientists recorded individual solid atoms moving through a liquid solution.A team of engineers ...

Show the molecular model animation Particles of a Solid. Particles of a Solid. Lesson 1.4 Interactive. Point out the following about solids: The particles (atoms or molecules) are attracted to each ...

The four fundamental states of matter are solid, liquid, gas and plasma, but there others, such as Bose-Einstein condensates and time crystals, that are man-made.