When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A new kind of matter can be both solid and liquid at once. In this chain-melted state, molten and ...

Copper selenide (Cu₂Se) attracts scientific interest for its thermoelectric ability to convert heat into electricity, but a ...

Scientists have discovered a new state of physical matter in which atoms can exist as both solid and liquid simultaneously. Until now, the atoms in physical material were understood to exist typically ...

Jake Parks is a freelance science writer and editor for Discover Magazine, who covers everything from the mysteries of the cosmos to the latest in medical research. View Full Profile. For decades, ...