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Part of the set-up for creating medium-density amorphous ice: ordinary ice and steel balls in a jar (not amorphous ice)

New form of ice is like a snapshot of liquid water

02 Feb 2023
A collaboration between scientists at Cambridge and UCL has led to the discovery of a new form of ice that more closely resembles liquid water than...
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Snow Crystal Landscape

Harnessing the possibilities of the nanoworld

29 Sep 2016
Scientists have long suspected that the way materials behave on the nanoscale – that is when particles have dimensions of about 1–100 nanometres – is...
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Morphogenesis

New understanding of how shape and form develop in nature

09 Dec 2015
Researchers have identified a new mechanism that drives the development of form and structure, through the observation of artificial materials that...
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Barringer Crater aerial photo

Meteorite impact turns silica into stishovite in a billionth of a second

13 Oct 2015
Simon Redfern from the Department of Earth Sciences discusses a study that has recreated the conditions experienced during the meteor strike that...
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Mother of pearl next to artificial nacre

Scientists create artificial mother of pearl

24 Jul 2012
Research paves way for tough coatings fabricated from cheap, abundant materials.
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