Water the uncommon common molecule

[jason2459]

Water is such a unique and amazing molecule. We are still finding out more astounding properties of it.

http://m.phys.org/news/2016-04-state-molecule.html

And some great links at the bottom of that article.

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

Thanks for the link!

 

[Kungpaoshizi]

Ha, that's awesome.. One of the most basic things that's been studied for years. (and we still don't know it all! )

 

[jason2459]

More on this awesome thing called "water"

 

[jason2459]

Made me think of this thread.


Salt water that rocks can float on

 

[jason2459]

Saltiest saltwater on earth (so far)

 

[jason2459]

The strangeness and uniqueness of water has a big future in our potential freshwater limited future.

Using 2 of the 70 anomalies of water to get water (interesting thing is more anomalies have been found since this video, first post...water is weird lol)

Using water to get water and energy

 

[jason2459]

I found this lecture facinating. How water helps fold protiens which is necessary for life to form. It's the only solution we know of that can do this. Of course we don't know all the answers to the why's.

 

[jason2459]

What is water anyway?

In a Totally Unexpected Finding, Water Has Spontaneously Produced Hydrogen Peroxide

Water is a weird molecule, and no matter how many strange things about it we discover, it seems like there are always more unexpected surprises waiting around the corner – even after centuries of researching it.

www.sciencealert.com

 

[Randy Holmes-Farley Verified Community Expert]

FWIW, the chemistry professor that did that peroxide work, was my freshman chemistry professor at Stanford. I liked that class a lot!

 

[jason2459]

Water, water everywhere—and it's weirder than you think

Researchers at The University of Tokyo have used computational methods and analysis of recent experimental data to demonstrate that water molecules take two distinct structures in the liquid state. The team investigated the scattering of X-ray photons through water samples and showed a bimodal...

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