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A Fourth 'Mysterious' Form Of Water That Could Form On Alien Planets Observed
The molecular structure of plastic ice VII has surprised scientists (Representative picture). Under normal conditions, water exists in three phases: solid (ice), liquid (water), and gas (vapour or ...
Order to disorder: Scientists take close look at icy surfaces with spectroscopy, simulation and machine learning
Before researchers can measure these reactions and incorporate their impacts in global atmospheric models, researchers first ...
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The Secret Lives of Snowflakes—Peculiarities in the Molecular Dynamics of Ice Crystal Growth
Our understanding of the molecular dynamics of growing crystals is quite primitive, and it is generally not possible to explain why even simple crystals develop their characteristic shapes. A case in ...
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What Is ‘Plastic Ice’, The Fourth Form Of Water Discovered By Scientists
Plastic Ice VII allows water molecules to rotate freely within a rigid crystalline structure. This phase was first predicted in 2008, but scientists have now provided solid evidence of its existence.
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Order to disorder: Scientists take close look at icy surfaces with spectroscopy, simulation and machine learning
More information: Margaret L. Berrens et al, Molecular Fingerprints of Ice Surfaces in Sum Frequency Generation Spectra: A First-Principles Machine Learning Study, JACS Au (2025).