How many states of matter are there? When you were young, you probably learned about the three that are most common to our experience: solid, liquid, and gas. All of these occur with regularity here…
When the proper conditions are achieved, even multiple fermions, which normally cannot occupy the same quantum state, can reach a state known as a Fermionic condensate, where they all achieve the lowest-energy configuration possible. This is the seventh state of matter. (Credit: Wolfgang Ketterle/MIT/Center for Ultracold Atoms) Member-only story There are 7 states of matter; "topoconductor" isn't one of them How many states of matter are there? When you were young, you probably…