phase transitions
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Why This Drop Of Liquor Looks Like A Galaxy
Anyone who’s imbibed a glass of ouzo — the licorice-flavoured spirit that is practically the national drink of Greece — may be familiar with how it turns cloudy when the liquor is mixed with water. But there are still some mysteries about how such mixed liquids behave.
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Physicists Appear To Be Closing In On An Elusive State Of Metallic Hydrogen
Hydrogen, that most simple of elements, is a gas — at least at the typical temperatures and pressures found here on Earth. But many scientists believe it it could exist in liquid metal form in the cores of gas giant planets like Jupiter, and physicists have been hunting for a solid metallic phase for the…
