The Enduring Mystery of How Water Freezes

“For a process that’s anything but exotic, ice nucleation remains surprisingly mysterious. Chemists can’t reliably predict the effect of a given impurity or surface, let alone design one to hinder or promote ice formation. But they’re chipping away at the problem.”

https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-enduring-mystery-of-how-water-freezes-20240617/

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