We can learn a lot by studying microscopic and macroscopic changes in a material as it crosses from one phase to another, for example from ice to water to steam. A new study examines systems ...

In everyday life, all matter exists as either a gas, liquid, or solid. In quantum mechanics, however, it is possible for two distinct states to exist simultaneously. An ultracold quantum system, for ...

Spinning around: superfluid vortices could provide an insight into their classical counterparts Quasiparticles within a rotating sample of superfluid helium-3 create unexpected friction in a material ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Most people know that there are three fundamental states of matter: Solids, liquids and gases. However, there are ...

Researchers have discovered how superfluid helium 3He would feel if you could put your hand into it. The interface between the exotic world of quantum physics and classical physics of the human ...

Cool stuff: an experiment done by Samuli Autti (right) and colleagues at Lancaster University has shed new light on the mechanical properties of superfluid helium-3. (Courtesy: Mike Thompson) For the ...

Perhaps the best-known example of hysteresis is the response of the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to an applied magnetic field. If the material is initially unmagnetized, slowly turning on ...

Researchers from Lancaster University in the UK have discovered how superfluid helium 3 He would feel if you could put your hand into it. The interface between the exotic world of quantum physics and ...