Researchers have discovered that not all atoms in a liquid are in motion and that some remain stationary regardless of the ...

Some atoms in a liquid stay fixed even at high temperatures, reshaping how solidification starts and enabling an unusual ...

Quantum computers hold the potential to revolutionize the possibilities for solving difficult computational problems that would take classical computers many years to resolve. But for those computers ...

Phonons are sound particles or quantized vibrations of atoms in solid materials. The Debye model, a theory introduced by physicist Peter Debye in 1912, describes the contribution of phonons to the ...

Figure 1: The five Platonic solids and the 13 Archimedean solids. We formulate the problem of generating dense packings of non-overlapping polyhedra within an adaptive fundamental cell subject to ...

Scientists have provided the first proof that amorphous materials, also known as soft glasses, deform and flow through a collective movement of their particles. These materials (which include ...

Unlike traditional lampshades made from glass or hard plastics, Soft Solids lighting uses soft, unique material - natural wax to make lamps.

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. The ...

Theoretical modelling explores the movement of atoms within a liquid nanodroplet of platinum that is confined inside a defect in a carbon support. The colours represent the mobility of the atoms: ...