Friday offtopic: The fourth state of water

Apr 29, 2016 16:34

A new state of water molecules has been found, one where tightly confined water molecules that are supposedly unable to turn around and shift their polarity, begin to exhibit quantum properties, their hydrogen atoms smearing around the central oxygen atom, thus forming a probabilistic shell and occupying all possible six positions within a ( Read more... )

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dreamville_bg April 29 2016, 13:48:14 UTC
Cue the numerous "water has memory" homeopathic charlatans.

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htpcl April 29 2016, 14:16:02 UTC
Ikr.

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nairiporter April 29 2016, 13:52:05 UTC
Interesting if this new phase of water has a visible manifestation at a macro level.

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airiefairie April 29 2016, 19:26:24 UTC
The very fact that such a fundamental property of such a common substance like water has taken such a long time to be discovered, shows how sophisticated a level scientific inquiry (and the relevant technology) has achieved as of now.

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mahnmut April 30 2016, 14:13:29 UTC
Only one state of water can defeat another state of water!

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