Artificially controlling water condensation leads to 'room-temperature ice'

American Institute of Physics ^ | July 27, 2010 | Unknown

[samtheman]

“...suppose, young man, that one Marine had with him a tiny capsule containing a seed of ice-nine, a new way for the atoms of water to stack and lock, to freeze. If that Marine threw that seed into the nearest puddle...?”
“The puddle would freeze?” I guessed.
“And all the muck around the puddle?”
“It would freeze?”
“And all the puddles in the frozen muck?”
“They would freeze?”
“And the pools and the streams in the frozen muck?”
“They would freeze?”
“You bet they would !” He cried. “And the United States Marines would rise from the swamp and march on!”

...

There were no smells. There was no movement. Every step I took made a gravelly squeak in blue-white frost. And every squeak was echoed loudly. The season of locking was over. The Earth was locked up tight

[ZinGirl]

they're definitely going to need an interocitor to pull this one off.

[Condor51]

Artificially controlling water condensation leads to 'room-temperature ice

Good thing I quit drinking. This ruins one of my favorite lines..

Hey John, gimme a refill, my ice is warm.