Ranch dressing is actually a fifth state of matter known as soft matter. Soft matter can have properties of both liquids and solids, so materials scientists say it is viscoelastic – a combination of ...

Students are introduced to the idea that matter is composed of atoms and molecules that are ... as they experiment with and observe the heating and cooling of a solid, liquid, and gas.

For example, the branch of electronic condensed matter is concerned with how electrons behave in solids and liquids. Research on semiconductors would belong here. Likewise, magnetic condensed ...

Our research group fabricates and studies colloidal particles with different numbers of handles and genus g. When introduced into a nematic liquid crystal, these particles induce three-dimensional ...

Examples of liquids include water, honey and milk. They can flow or be poured easily. They are not easy to hold. They change their shape depending on the container they are in. Even when liquids ...

Substances can exist in three states of matter - solid, liquid and gas. All substances are made from particles, and the forces between the particles are different in solids, liquids and gases.