In a major development, scientists have created an entirely new type of ice that does not float or sink.
Scientists at University College London and the University of Cambridge have lab-prepared a new type of ice that resembles a liquid rather than frozen water.
researchers believe that ordinary ice could develop into something similar because of tidal forces exerted from planets such as Jupiter.
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For the research, the scientists used a process called ‘ball mining’, which means shaking ordinary ice together with steel balls in a jar cooled to -200 degrees Centigrade.
The outcome of the experiment was a novel amorphous form of ice that had the same density as liquid water and resembled water in solid form.
It was named it medium-density amorphous ice (MDA). The team went on to suggest that MDA may exist inside ice moons of the outer solar system,
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