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Contact: David Terraso
d.terraso@gatech.edu
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Georgia Institute of Technology

Layered Water

Caption: Georgia Tech physicists have discovered that water behaves differently when its compressed in nano-sized channel. In these small spaces water behaves much like a solid, exhibiting high viscosity and organizing itself into layers.

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