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A thin, watery layer coating the surface of ice is what makes it slick. Despite a great deal of theorizing over the centuries, though, it isn't entirely clear why that layer forms.

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Water doesn’t behave the same way in a glass as it does as ice in your freezer. When water is heated to several thousand ...

Earth’s deep interior may hold water equal to today’s oceans, challenging long-held views of how the planet became habitable.

“A plane flew through some supercooled water droplets within cirrocumulus clouds. The plane introduced ice crystals, allowing ...

Under extreme planetary conditions, water turns into a strange, electricity-conducting solid hidden deep inside giant planets.

An international team of over 60 scientists have successfully created 'extreme' superionic water and finally measured its ...