Why can you stand on a glacier but not the ocean? The answer seems simple enough: Liquids flow. Solids don’t. The atoms in liquids can slosh around. In solids, they fall lockstep into a crystal ...

This corralled supercooled liquid relies on the surprising property that some atoms in a liquid remain stationary regardless ...

For more than a century, schoolbook physics has divided matter into neat categories like solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. A ...

Although the three states of matter are solid, liquid, and gas, not all substances seem to fit perfectly into one of these groups. Take a look at the substance below and see if you can decide whether ...

The solid/liquid interface is a ubiquitous breeding ground where many important processes develop 2. It is the central object in theories of melting and crystal growth, a good template for the ...

I've been baking for years and I know that there is supposed to be a difference between liquid and solid measures. But what is the difference? It seems to be only in the larger measures, as I haven't ...

Rocket science, it turns out, is no different from the rest of society. People have divided themselves up into two tribes. When it comes to space launches, there are two basic options for rocket fuel, ...

Glass and other strange materials have long confounded textbook definitions of what it means to be solid. Now, two groups of physicists propose a new solution to the riddle. The answer seems simple ...