New research suggests that the Earth's solid inner core is softer and more dynamic than previously thought, changing ideas.

Create a Physics World account to get access to all available digital issues of the monthly magazine. Your Physics World ...

The melting of materials seems like a simple phenomenon. However, when their thickness is reduced to just a few atoms, ...

For more than a century, schoolbook physics has divided matter into neat categories like solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. A wave of recent experiments is now tearing at those boundaries, revealing ...

Researchers have discovered that not all atoms in a liquid are in motion and that some remain stationary regardless of the temperature, significantly impacting the solidification process, including ...