科学家发现水分子的新形态，既不是固态冰，也不是液态水或气态汽，而是一种新的状态。

New state of water molecule discovered by federal researchers

Scientists at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory have observed water molecules behaving unlike gas, liquid or solid states. Researchers discovered the new state while subjecting water molecules to extreme confinement. When water molecules were pushed into nanoscale tubes or channels in the mineral beryl, the water molecules become delocalized around a ring, with each molecule adopting "an unusual double top-like shape." 

物质总共有几种状态呢？不少于七种。

The seven states of matter explained

Were you taught that there are three states of matter? Maybe four? Get ready to dispute those teachings because there are no less than seven.

Solid, liquid and gas – these are the physical states most people know. The lesser-known state plasma consists of highly charged particles with extremely high kinetic energy.

But then there's ...

Bose-Einstein condensate: a state of matter that occurs very close to absolute zero. At this extremely low temperature, molecular motion almost stops and atoms begin to clump together.

Quark-gluon plasma: the state of matter with the highest energy level. It is basically the building blocks of matter existing in a soup resembling conditions just after the Universe was created.

Degenerate matter: the highly compressed state of matter which often exists in the cores of massive stars. The core's gas is super compressed and the primary source of pressure is no longer thermal, but quantum.

For more on these mind-boggling states of matter check out the video below.

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The seven states of matter explained

Solid, liquid and gas - these are the physical states most people know. The lesser-known state plasma consists of highly charged particles with extremely high kinetic energy. But then there's ... Bose-Einstein condensate: a state of matter that occurs very close to absolute zero. At this extremely low temperature, molecular motion almost stops and atoms begin to clump together. Quark-gluon plasma: the state of matter with the highest energy level. It is basically the building blocks of matter existing in a soup resembling conditions just after the Universe was created. Degenerate matter: the highly compressed state of matter which often exists in the cores of massive stars. The core's gas is

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