Tag: premelting
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The Strange Premelting State: When Water Is Both Solid and Liquid in Tiny Spaces
The Curious Case of Water in Narrow Spaces Water is often treated as the dull workhorse of the natural world. Yet at the smallest scales, it behaves in astonishing ways. A new study from researchers in Japan uncovers a phenomenon where water molecules can act like a solid and a liquid at the same time…
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Premelting Water: A Surprising Coexistence of Solid and Liquid at the Nanoscale
New Window into Water’s Weirdness Water is one of the most familiar substances on Earth, yet at the smallest scales it behaves in startling ways. In a recent study, researchers in Japan have shown that when water is confined to ultra-tight spaces, it can exhibit a paradox: it acts like a solid and a liquid…