Researchers hoped to clarify the boundaries between different types of #superionic #water – the hot, black ice believed to exist at the core of giant ice #planets . Instead, they found multiple #atomic stacking patterns coexisting in overlapping
#Physics #sflorg #PlanetaryScience
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/01/phy01082601.html
This exotic form of ice just got weirder

why superionic water exhibits this strange characteristic, but the results inform our understanding of the evolution of giant ice planets

livMatS | livMatS Colloquium | Prof. Rafal Klajn (Weizmann Institute of Science) | Electrostatic self-assembly of nanoparticles into static and out-of-equilibrium materials

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