Water Molecules (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Water Molecules

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Water molecules, such as the one modeled at left, rapidly move toward a pyramidal structure, right, when supercooled. In a first-of-its-kind experiment at SLAC's Linac Coherent Light Source X-ray laser, scientists observed this accelerated transformation.

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Greg Stewart/SLAC

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