A strange type of ice thought to dwell deep in the oceans of alien planets has finally been proven to exist. For the first time, researchers have directly observed a sort of hybrid phase of water ...

We all know water as ice, liquid, and steam. But prepare to be surprised – there are other, far more exotic forms out there.

Water ice is a far more complex substance than we might assume. Scientists have now created an exotic new form of ice in the lab, known as “plastic ice VII.” This strange version could exist naturally ...

Cup of red water ice in a plastic cup with red plastic spoon - Sergio Amiti/Getty Images On a hot summer day, there is absolutely nothing that hits the spot quite like water ice, scooped up with a ...

The experiments revealing plastic ice VII were performed using the time-of-flight spectrometers IN5 and IN6-SHARP at the ILL. Temperatures as high as 450—600 K and pressures from 0.1 to 6 GPa (up to ...

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