Using a dynamic diamond anvil cell and the European XFEL, scientists captured water crystallizing at 2 GPa in microseconds, revealing multiple freezing pathways via Ice XXI The Korea Research ...

“Ice XXI” is an entirely new phase of ice with a crystal structure that’s more complex than the ice found on Titan or Ganymede. Reading time 2 minutes For something so common to our daily lives, there ...

Ice comes in many phases (about twenty, to be exact), and scientists from the Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS) just discovered a new one called “Ice XXI.” To study this new ...

Ice cream comes in many different flavors. But even pure ice, which consists only of water molecules, has been discovered to exist in more than 20 different solid forms or phases that differ in the ...

Water may appear simple but behaves in ways that surprise even the world’s greatest scientists. A new international study has discovered that if it is put under extreme pressure—even at room ...

We usually think of ice as just frozen water. It is simple, solid, and cold. But water is a master of disguise. With just two atoms, hydrogen and oxygen, it can freeze into more than 20 different ...

We all know that ice chills and dilutes our drinks, but let’s take a scientific look at how it can affect taste and texture. Camper English is a San Francisco-based cocktails and spirits writer and ...