Supercool: Water Doesn't Have to Freeze Until Minus 55 F
Wednesday, November 23, 2011 - 13:30
in Earth & Climate
We drink water, bathe in it and we are made mostly of water, yet the common substance poses major mysteries. Now, University of Utah chemists may have solved one enigma by showing how cold water can get before it absolutely must freeze: 55 degrees below zero Fahrenheit.