We can learn a lot by studying microscopic and macroscopic changes in a material as it crosses from one phase to another, for example from ice to water to steam. A new study examines systems ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- Superfluidity – the phase of matter that enables a fluid to move up the sides of its container – has been known about since the 1930s. Since then, superfluidity has become a prime ...

Physicists have been studying superfluid 3 He under nanoscale confinement for several years now, as this unique liquid presents a rich variety of phases with complex order parameters that can be ...

Spinning around: superfluid vortices could provide an insight into their classical counterparts Quasiparticles within a rotating sample of superfluid helium-3 create unexpected friction in a material ...

Cool stuff: an experiment done by Samuli Autti (right) and colleagues at Lancaster University has shed new light on the mechanical properties of superfluid helium-3. (Courtesy: Mike Thompson) For the ...

Suppose the acceleration stops to give a final steady velocity above v L. The surface excitation distributions will gradually come into equilibrium with the wire, cutting off the escape processes.