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Water as we've never known it: Physicists test water beyond Earth-like conditions
Water isn't always as it seems. Under extreme conditions, such as those found on other planets, it has been discovered to change its atomic structure, giving it the means to alter its appearance and other properties.
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Water isn't always as it seems. Under extreme conditions, such as those found on other planets, it has been discovered to change its atomic structure, giving it the means to alter its appearance and other properties. A new UNLV study published in Communications Chemistry shows that as pressure is applied to water, it becomes a lower-symmetry version of its previous self.
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