For the first time, researchers transformed light into a quantum crystalline structure to create a "supersolid" that's both solid and liquid at the same time. Here’s what that means, and why it's such ...

With properties of a superfluid but with a crystalline structure, supersolids have previously only been observed in ultracold condensates—until now.

Now Trypogeorgos, Sanvitto and their colleagues have used light to make not just any solid, but a quantum “supersolid”. Read more Quantum time travel: The experiment to 'send a particle into the past' ...

An international team of physicists created a "supersolid" made entirely of light, advancing the study of condensed matter. Led by Dimitris Trypogeorgos and Daniele Sanvitto at the National Research ...

Supersolids are a strange quantum state of matter that combines properties of solids and liquids. Now they've gotten even more mind-bending, as scientists have transformed light itself into a ...

For the first time, researchers have succeeded in transforming light into a strange state of matter: the supersolid. This quantum material combines the properties of a crystalline solid and a fluid ...

Scientists have turned light into a "supersolid" for the first time, marking a groundbreaking achievement in physics that could transform technology in fields like quantum computing and energy storage ...

In a paper published in the scientific journal Nature on March 5, 2025, an international team of physicists reported that they had succeeded in converting laser light into a ' supersolid ' that is ...

Scientists have observed photons behaving as a supersolid, a unique quantum state where particles form a rigid structure but also flow without viscosity. Solid, liquid, and gas are the three most ...