What are Supersolids?

A supersolid is a strange type of matter that behaves like a solid with a fixed shape but also flows without friction like a superfluid, a special liquid that can flow without any resistance, meaning it never slows down or loses energy.

A supersolid is a phase of matter that uniquely combines the properties of solids and superfluids. It simultaneously exhibits crystalline order (characteristic of solids) and superfluidity (quantum mechanical fluid motion without viscosity). This paradoxical state was theoretically predicted in the late 1960s…

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