We used to think water followed this standard, existing as either a liquid, a solid (ice), or a gas (vapor), but H₂O might not be as simple as we previously thought.

Researchers report that the way a tissue's cells are arranged can serve as a fingerprint for the tissue's 'phase' -- whether it is more like a solid, liquid, or gas. For example, tumors that are ...

The water is initially a solid at -40 °C, melts to become a liquid, and then evaporates to become a gas. Look through the slide show below to find out more about each stage of the heating curve ...

Liquid is a state of matter between solid and gas. Molecule are farther apart from one another, ... Water is the most cohesive nonmetallic liquid, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Solid, liquid, gas … and something else? While most of us learn about just three states of matter in elementary school, physicists have discovered several exotic varieties that can exist under ...

Water is unique. It is one of the only substances that can exist in nature as a solid, liquid and gas at the same time under ambient conditions (think of solid ice over a pond, which is liquid ...