Scientists have discovered that Earth’s inner core may not be fully solid. A rare “superionic” state of matter could explain ...

Physicists are now watching matter behave in a way that defies everyday intuition, with atoms and even light itself arranging ...

Physicists have finally filmed a crystal as it melts and discovered that, under the right conditions, it refuses to behave ...

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