High school science misses a lot of the science researchers actually work with. For example, you learn that there are three states of matter—solid, liquid, and gas—but in advanced physics, things get a bit more complicated. From this complexity, physicists have derived a weird new state of matter: a hybrid between solid and liquid.

Introducing “corralled supercooled liquid.” Like a solid, it contains atoms that stay stationary under special conditions. Like a liquid, most of its atoms are constantly in motion. Remarkably, both of these things can be present at the same time. According to the researchers, who describe the hybrid in a recent ACS Nano paper, this could allow engineers to harness its unique properties for any technology using metals, such as that of the aviation, constructi

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