We can learn a lot by studying microscopic and macroscopic changes in a material as it crosses from one phase to another, for example from ice to water to steam. A new study examines systems ...

In everyday life, all matter exists as either a gas, liquid, or solid. In quantum mechanics, however, it is possible for two distinct states to exist simultaneously. An ultracold quantum system, for ...

Spinning around: superfluid vortices could provide an insight into their classical counterparts Quasiparticles within a rotating sample of superfluid helium-3 create unexpected friction in a material ...

Two recent experiments have highlighted the links between low-temperature physics and fluid dynamics When the pilot gives the order to fasten seat belts during a flight, and the other passengers start ...

Perhaps the best-known example of hysteresis is the response of the magnetization of a ferromagnetic material to an applied magnetic field. If the material is initially unmagnetized, slowly turning on ...

The alternative text for this image may have been generated using AI. Figure 4: The processes involved in oscillatory (a.c.) motion. The alternative text for this image may have been generated using ...