Scientists Uncover the Strange Things That Happen When Water Is Trapped in Tiny Spaces

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Scientists Uncover the Strange Things That Happen When Water Is Trapped in Tiny Spaces

Tiny Discoveries Could Have Enormous Impact

Researchers Are Challenging Long-Held Assumptions

Computer Simulations Support Laboratory Findings

New Materials Could Benefit

Biological Systems Reliant on Confined Water

Electrical Properties Can Change

Tiny Spaces Influence Freezing Behavior

Flow Can Become Surprisingly Fast

Molecules

Water Behaves Differently at the Nanoscale

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Although water may be a simple substance, it is still surprising scientists with its unusual behavior under extreme conditions. Understanding of the behavior of water in extremely small containers just a few molecules in size is even advancing to show that water can begin to act in ways that are surprising. Applications of these findings may be significant in nanotechnology, energy storage, biology, materials science, among others. Learning more about water at these tiny scales could give researchers clues to future technologies and help to understand one of the Earth's most important substances.
 

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