Scientists are always looking for the next weird and wonderful material, and they've just found it: A bosonic correlated insulator to give it its technical name, which is both a new material and, indeed, a whole new state of matter.
I’m always good with PBS SpaceTime being recommended as a spring board! It’s probably my favorite current pop-sci avenue for physics and cosmology out there
Idk if this is helpful for you now, but getting acquainted with the idea of quantum quasi-particles should help make it a little more intelligible.
I linked a PBS spacetime video on this topic a couple weeks ago. Personal opinion but I found it much more accessible than the Wikipedia article.
I’m always good with PBS SpaceTime being recommended as a spring board! It’s probably my favorite current pop-sci avenue for physics and cosmology out there