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The mythical Philosopher's Stone was expected to transform ordinary metals and even stones into gold. It symbolized the immense life-changing value for a 'disposer.' The role of the philosopher's stone is attributted to highr pressure by the authors of the article Rzoska SJ, Drozd-Rzoska A. The New Philosopher’s Stone: ‘Hard’ & ‘Soft’ Matter under pressure. Proceedings of Socratic Lectures. 2026, 14, 27-44. https://doi.org/10.55295/PSL.1...  because the pressure has the power to transform 'ordinary materials' and lead to spectacular properties after processing.  Authors claim that the new materials with exotic features can even be a pivotal factor for a qualitative, civilizational transformation. 

First, the report presents basic high-pressure facilities necessary to carry out studies across an extreme pressure and temperature range. Further, it is emphasized that for a qualitative change in properties, the pressure-related force exerted must be proportional to the strength of local bonds within a body. For standard 'Hard Matter' systems, this means pressures even close to those near Earth's core (365 GPa). The disappearance of exotic states after decompression is also a grand problem. Special attention was paid to metallic hydrogen due to its groundbreaking importance for new-generation space travel concepts. Soft Matter systems are dominated by mesoscale collective processes, which lower extreme pressures, even well below ~1 GPa, allowing for studies in large-volume pressure chambers. Examples presented are related to high-pressure food preservation (HPP), the large densification of solid glasses by annealing just below the glass transition, and emerging possibilities to address the great challenges of finding systems exhibiting stable negative electrical capacitance and stable negative electrical resistance. Finally, this is the answer to the question of whether high-pressure research can be helpful in traveling to Mars or Jupiter.

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