Scientists Have Created a Supersolid State of Matter in a New Dimension

Solid, liquid, gas, and plasma. A simple and orderly hierarchy of matter that schoolchildren the world over can recite. But what if we could combine the properties of two of these and create a whole new hybrid form of matter that seemingly violates known laws of physics?

For example, think of a solid-liquid combination, along the lines of the sci-fi classic Terminator 2: Judgment Day. You would theoretically get the crystalline structure of a solid that flows like a liquid, and its possible applications are mind-blowing.

And now it’s no longer theoretical.

In today’s video we reveal a stunning leap forward by physicists who have combined what appears to be mutually exclusive properties into an entirely new state of matter—the supersolid!