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Is glass a solid or a super slow liquid? Physicists create equilibrium glassy phase from rod-shaped particles

Summary by Phys.org
Glass appears to be a solid, but in theory it sometimes behaves more like an extremely slow liquid. Physicists in Utrecht now show that glass-like structures can also exist in equilibrium, which is something many theories say should be impossible.

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Phys.org broke the news in United Kingdom on Wednesday, March 18, 2026.
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