The first experimental observation of an exotic phase of water: Plastic ice VII

The first experimental observation of an exotic phase of water: Plastic ice VII

In everyday life, we typically encounter water in one of three familiar states—solid, liquid or gas. But there are in fact many more phases, some of …

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