These virtual experiments are optimized for high school students, but anyone can learn the basics of materials science and engineering ... cavity of the desired shape and permitted to cool to a solid.

Although the three states of matter are solid, liquid, and gas, not all substances seem to fit perfectly into one of these groups. Take a look at the substance below and see if you can decide whether ...

Physicists have transformed laser light into a supersolid, marking an entirely new process for achieving this mysterious ...

Heating a substance makes its atoms and molecules move faster. This happens whether the substance is a solid, a liquid, or a gas. It’s not easy to see it happen in a solid but let’s try it for a ...

Geochemical evidence from laboratory experiments for a potential solid inner core at the center of Mars is reported in Nature ...

This innovative material, known as polycatenated architected materials (PAMs), merges the flexibility of fluids with the stability of solids ... and properties in science and engineering.

Kelly suspected that solid state science might provide a new kind of ... so if one got stuck on an experiment there was always a natural person to turn to for help. Shockley presided over it ...