Explore the fundamental concept of matter in physics, everything that makes up the physical world around us. Matter is not only a cornerstone of our understanding of the universe, but it also plays a ...

Matter is the "stuff" that makes up the universe. Everything that has mass is matter. In normal everyday life we come across matter in three states, solid, liquid and gas.

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“We all observe in everyday life at least three states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas. But even within what we would consider as well-known states of matter, nature can be tricking us," Dr ...

So, let’s review all of the states of matter. Solids liquids gases plasmas, bose-einstein condensates and the resulting superconductors and superfluids; nuclear matter of various types; photonic ...

[MUSIC] JOAN CARTAN-HANSEN, HOST: There are four basic states of matter: solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. When matter changes from one state to another, it's called a phase change.

To better understand an exotic state of matter like disordered hyperuniformity, it may be helpful to review the characteristics of the classical states of matter: solids, liquids, gases and plasmas.