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01 Mar 2014, 5:32 pm

Wow 8O

http://www.iflscience.com/physics/new-s ... discovered


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01 Mar 2014, 8:20 pm

http://www.scientificamerican.com/artic ... iparticle/
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01 Mar 2014, 8:26 pm

thomas81 wrote:
Wow 8O

http://www.iflscience.com/physics/new-s ... discovered


There is no end to the wonders of nature. How about photonic matter? The stuff light sabres are made of.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 132323.htm

And have a look here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_states_of_matter

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01 Mar 2014, 8:50 pm

I never even knew of a fourth state of matter until today. 8O


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01 Mar 2014, 10:58 pm

PerfectlyDarkTails wrote:
I never even knew of a fourth state of matter until today. 8O


+1

Next thing you know, they'll discover the elusive G-spot. :lol:



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01 Mar 2014, 11:03 pm

A dropleton? Between that and bytes/nybbles, there are a lot of cute names out there.



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02 Mar 2014, 4:12 pm

PerfectlyDarkTails wrote:
I never even knew of a fourth state of matter until today. 8O


The fourth state of matter is plasma.

The most commonly found example of plasma is fire.


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02 Mar 2014, 5:11 pm

Even beyond plasma there are other states. For example the Bose-Einstein condensate.

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03 Mar 2014, 3:12 am

coffeebean wrote:
A dropleton? Between that and bytes/nybbles, there are a lot of cute names out there.


There is the piece-of-crapton. It is used to make craptonite.

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