Phase transitions, shifts between different states of matter, are widely explored physical phenomena. So far, these ...

Vishwanath's team used a powerful machine called a quantum processor to make, for the first time, a brand-new phase of matter ...

The time crystal is an exotic phase of matter where time-translational symmetry is broken. Here, the authors observe multiple continuous dissipative time crystals and bifurcation of time crystals ...

as well as experimenting with and observing the behaviors of condensed matter in a lab environment. Research is directed toward understanding and using the properties of condensed phases, ranging from ...