Colliding oxygen nuclei has produced evidence of the hot, dense matter that filled the universe shortly after the Big Bang.

Scientists have discovered a new way that matter can exist—one that is different from the usual states of solid, liquid, gas or plasma—at the interface of two exotic materials made into a sandwich.

Our physical, 3D world consists of just two types of particles: bosons, which include light and the famous Higgs boson; and fermions — the protons, neutrons, and electrons that comprise all the “stuff ...

Before you submit an error, please consult our Video Help page. [MUSIC] JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: There are four basic states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. When matter changes from one ...

The manipulation of metals as they transform from a liquid to a solid can have immense benefits for technologies. A new study finds that the manipulation of stationary atoms in a liquid metal can ...

Plasma happens when gas gets heated to a very high temperature and the atoms lose their electrons. Find out more about this state of matter.

Florida State University Assistant Professor of Physics Zhengguang Lu and fellow researchers have discovered new states of matter in graphene — a form of carbon made from a single layer of atoms — ...

For more than a century, physics has been built on two great theories. Einstein’s general relativity explains gravity as the bending of space and time. Quantum mechanics governs the world of particles ...