A rare form of ice at the center of a cool new discovery about how water droplets freeze (IMAGE)

Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

A rare form of ice at the center of a cool new discovery about how water droplets freeze

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Researchers from the Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo have found that ice starts forming near the surface of water via structures similar to a rare, recently discovered type of ice, which helps us understand ice formation better.

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Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo

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