A microscopic helium wave flume uncovers unprecedented nonlinear wave behaviours, including soliton fission and backward ...

Scientists at MIT have directly captured signs of “second sound” in a superfluid for the first time. This bizarre phenomenon occurs when heat moves like sound waves through an unusual state of matter.

For more than 50 years, scientists have dreamed of seeing the hidden patterns that govern the motion of nonlinear waves—the ...

Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum Fields and Fundamental Forces from Imperial College London.View full profile Alfredo has a PhD in Astrophysics and a Master's in Quantum ...

Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are part of a new study that could help unlock the potential of superfluids—essentially frictionless special substances capable of unstopped motion ...

Domain walls: MRI image of superfluid helium-3 where the boundaries between regions of different chirality appear as dark vertical lines. (Courtesy: J Kasai et al/Phys. Rev. Lett.) Topological domains ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. In the cold, dense medium of a helium-3 superfluid, scientists recently made an unexpected ...

The ultra-dense remains of the galaxy's youngest supernova are full of bizarre quantum matter. Two new studies show for the first time that the core of the neutron star Cassiopeia A, is a superfluid, ...

Physicists have established why objects moving through superfluid helium-3 lack a speed limit; exotic particles that stick to all surfaces in the superfluid. The discovery may guide applications in ...

Most people know that there are three fundamental states of matter: Solids, liquids and gases. However, there are actually several additional, more unfamiliar forms, including plasma—which is found in ...