The secret life of water at very low temperatures
Wednesday, June 16, 2010 - 09:30
in Astronomy & Space
The secret life of water just got weirder. For years water has been known to exist in 15 phases -- not just the merry threesome of solid, liquid and gas from grade school science. Now, University of Utah chemists have confirmed the coexistence of ice and liquid after water crystallizes at very low temperatures.