In the eye of a chicken, a new state of matter comes into view (2014)

Re:In the eye of a chicken, a new state of matter comes into... by twic on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @05:40PM (#16269761)

That does seem like a bit of an exaggeration. But then, "state of matter" isn't particularly well-defined, as far as i know, so who's to say it isn't one?

Perhaps relevant to this is the point about band gaps:

> The Princeton scientists discovered a few years ago that hyperuniform materials can have “band gaps,” which block certain frequencies from propagating

That's a property that crystals can have, but disordered materials can't, right? So it's interesting that a non-crystalline material can have that property.

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Re:In the eye of a chicken, a new state of matter comes into... by kevin_thibedeau on Tuesday January 30, 2018 @05:46PM (#16269807)

Quasicrystals and metamaterials exhibit the same phenomena. They were well known and studied in 2014. Regardless, having unique interactions with the outside world is not a new intrinsic state.

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