Water behaves in remarkable ways when heated and pressurized beyond its critical point. Under these extreme conditions, known as supercritical water, it no longer acts like an ordinary liquid. Instead ...

Water is synonymous with life, but the dynamic, multifaceted interaction that brings H2O molecules together – the hydrogen bond – remains mysterious. Hydrogen bonds result when hydrogen and oxygen ...

Water has a split personality. When it’s flowing freely in a glass or a river, it’s the easygoing liquid we all know. But trap it inside the tiny pockets of a protein or a synthetic molecule, and it ...

Water, though familiar, still hides astonishing secrets. When squeezed into nanosized channels, it can enter a bizarre “premelting state” that is both solid and liquid at once. Using advanced NMR ...

We're all guilty of replying something like "in other news, water's wet" when someone states the obvious. However, is water truly wet, or does it just make something else wet? The answer may not be as ...