Recently, a team of scientists was able to detect metastable helium in the upper atmosphere of an exoplanet. This was quite an accomplishment considering it had never been done before. The formation ...
The National Academies' Condensed Matter and Materials Research Committee (CMMRC) hosts an annual workshop. In 2026, an ad hoc planning committee will organize a public workshop that presents a ...
Among genetically identical "agouti viable yellow" (A vy) mice, some are brown and lean while others are yellow and obese. These differences are due to epigenetics, a system of molecular tags—such as ...
Similar to the widespread interest in “graphite” and “diamond,” there is growing interest in metastable phases, which have different physical properties than those of stable phases. However, processes ...
A metastable liquid may exist under supercooling, sustaining the liquid below the melting point such as supercooled water and silicon. It may also exist as a transient state in solid–solid transitions ...
Mass spectrometers can now be operated at pressures in the proximity of those applied in most plasma processing systems due to the availability of particle detectors capable of being used at pressures ...