Discovering and controlling exotic physical states is key in condensed matter physics and materials science. It has the ...

Credit: THOM LEACH / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY via Getty Images Physicists have discovered a new phase of matter, dubbed "half ice, half fire," that could open the door to new advancements in fields ...

The new phase comes in the form of a pattern of electron ... those states—are central problems in the fields of condensed matter physics and materials science," said paper author Weiguo Yin ...

Less than a decade ago, researchers found a peculiar phase of matter where the electrons of a particular compound would behave in two very distinct phases. Some had spins that were very well ...

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory discovered a new phase a matter called “half-ice, half-fire.” This elemental moniker is a reference to the ...

Two scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Brookhaven National Laboratory have discovered a new phase of matter while studying a model system of a magnetic material. The phase is a ...