Ranch dressing is actually a fifth state of matter known as soft matter. Soft matter can have properties of both liquids and ...

These gases — composed of carbon, hydrogen, and a halogen, like chlorine — are mostly made by bacteria, algae, fungi, and ...

A study shows that electrical charges in sprays of water can cause chemical reactions that form organic molecules from inorganic materials. The findings provide evidence that microlightning may have ...

Scientists have achieved the first real-time visualization of how 'excited-state aromaticity' emerges within just hundreds of femtoseconds and then triggers a molecule to change from bent to planar ...

Scientists have transformed light into a supersolid, a breakthrough merging solid and liquid properties in quantum physics.

We may be starting to get a grasp on what kick-started life on Earth – and it could help us search for it on other planets ...

Biomolecular condensates are shifting blobs in our cells that organize cellular matter. They are distinct molecular ...

Zare’s team demonstrated the existence of micro-lightning, very small electricity discharges that occur between tiny droplets ...

For decades, scientists believed that lead-208, a "doubly magic" and highly stable atomic nucleus, was perfectly spherical.

Scientists have found that water, under extreme pressure and cold temperatures, can split into two different liquid phases.

Billions of gallons of freshwater are used for fracking every year in Colorado. Companies will now have to gradually increase ...

Squishy materials can also exhibit shear thickening – they become more rigid the harder you try to deform them. This is how ...