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  • In a first, scientists capture a 'quantum tug' between neighboring water molecules

    08/29/2021 8:40:58 PM PDT · by SunkenCiv · 14 replies
    Phys dot org ^ | August 25, 2021 | SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
    Water is the most abundant yet least understood liquid in nature. It exhibits many strange behaviors that scientists still struggle to explain. While most liquids get denser as they get colder, water is most dense at 39 degrees Fahrenheit, just above its freezing point. This is why ice floats to the top of a drinking glass and lakes freeze from the surface down, allowing marine life to survive cold winters. Water also has an unusually high surface tension, allowing insects to walk on its surface, and a large capacity to store heat, keeping ocean temperatures stable.Now, a team that includes...