Evidence found of nanocrystals lurking in low-density ‘amorphous’ ice
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Anna Demming2025-07-25T08:30:00
Findings may have wide-ranging implications, from the origins of life to the characterisation of technological glasses
Studies of ice as it is found in most of the universe have revealed it is a lot more complex than previously thought. Scientists at University College London and the University of Cambridge in the UK, have now found ‘evidence’ that, while it does not have the regular repeating arrangement of atoms of fully crystalline materials, neither does it have the completely random arrangement of amorphous materials.