The 20th century was marked by the discovery of exotic states of matter. First, liquid helium was observed to flow without friction at extremely low temperatures, a phase now known as superfluid. Soon ...

For the first time ICFO and UAB researchers have directly imaged a spin-orbit-coupled supersolid. The team has observed quantum fluids of atoms ...

These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts ...

For many decades, the method to obtain atomic-level descriptions of chemical compounds and materials—be it a drug, a catalyst ...

When materials become just one atom thick, melting no longer follows the familiar rules. Instead of jumping straight from solid to liquid, an unusual in-between state emerges, where atomic positions ...