The melting of materials seems like a simple phenomenon. However, when their thickness is reduced to just a few atoms, ...

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

High school science misses a lot of the science researchers actually work with. For example, you learn that there are three states of matter—solid, liquid, and gas—but in advanced physics, things get ...

Researchers have recently created a miniature robot that can shapeshift from solid to liquid. The phase-shifting machine can also regain its original form, according to the new research. New research ...