[FreedomStar3028]

That makes sense. It’s one water molecule, and it can’t move anywhere, even if it wanted to, so its state is always frozen.

[TChad]

Ice-nine.

[FreedomStar3028]

Well, a few water molecules. But they can’t move around, so they freeze.

[golux]

Well obviously. That's why it's so hard to suck a milk-shake through a small straw, like a coffee stirrer. Christopher Hawking and Dorkins in the wheelchair guy predicted all of this. Duh! Jeez.

[jonrick46]

I wonder if there are any practical uses of this phenomenon?

[Bullish]

Could this be one of the keys to workable superconductors and perhaps even cold fusion?

[jonrick46]

I should have read further before I asked for “what practical use for this phenomenon”:

“it should be possible to make “ice wires” that would be among the best carriers known for protons, because water conducts protons at least 10 times more readily than typical conductive materials. “This gives us very stable water wires, at room temperature.” Proton conductors are a component in fuel cells.

[An.American.Expatriate]

“All bets are off when you get really small,...”

Let's get Small!

[Oscar in Batangas]

Jerry Reed had this figured out YEARS ago and wrote a song about it...

When You’re Hot, You’re Hot
When You’re Not, You’re Not

[Berlin_Freeper]

THE SQUIBBENING

[LibWhacker]

All bets are off when you get really small

So a black hole's singularity might be infinitely hot ice?

[ModelBreaker]

Famous lecture by Richard Feynman: "There's plenty of room at the bottom." Very thought provoking and well worth the read.

Feynman Lecture Transcript

[Fai Mao]

Unanswered in the article, at least my limited knowledge is the question, if it’s frozen does that mean it’s cold? Or does the restriction in size merely raise the melting point?

Imagine a refrigerator that doesn’t use electricity. Or a cold shirt for a hot day.

(Bad pun intended) This sounds really cool!

[Jack Hammer]

Those amazingly clever guys/gals at MIT can do pretty much anything.

So how about developing a really good fifty-cent cigar....?

[Scram1]

“this solid water doesn’t melt until well above the normal boiling point of water” That would have trapped water in nanotubes of a certain size as an additive at all times. When the nanotube field emission experts were trying to use the nanotube platform to build electron beam bases for displays and X-ray tubes, they would try to seal the water out. Those tiny emitters can explode unexpectedly. They went to lengths to purify and catalogue those tube types too.

[rawcatslyentist]

Here comes high temp superconductivity!

[airborne]

Bookmark

[mythenjoseph]

Steve Martin touched upon “getting small...I mean REALLY small” in the late 70’s.

[SunTzuWu]

Bookmark.

[Daffynition]

PFFT! Another thread about snowflakes.