A new study reveals that highly disordered indium oxide superconductors undergo a first-order quantum phase transition — a sudden shift from a superconducting to an insulating state. This finding is ...

Human history is not governed by thermodynamic laws. Still, the vocabulary of metastability, tipping points, and critical ...

Pharaoh saw two dreams, which Joseph recognized as structurally equivalent and carrying the same message. A stable system ...

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