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The findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets.
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The findings could have implications for our understanding of distant, water-rich planets.
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A team of scientists working in UNLV's Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab pioneered a new method for measuring the properties of water under high pressure. The water sample was first squeezed between the tips of two opposite-facing diamonds—freezing into several jumbled ice crystals. The ice was then subjected to a laser-heating technique that temporarily melted it before it quickly re-formed into a powder-like collection of tiny crystals.
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A team of scientists working in UNLV's Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab pioneered a new method for measuring the properties of water under high pressure. The water sample was first squeezed between the tips of two opposite-facing diamonds—freezing into several jumbled ice crystals. The ice was then subjected to a laser-heating technique that temporarily melted it before it quickly re-formed into a powder-like collection of tiny crystals.
![Jason Steffen's Portrait photo](/sites/default/files/styles/60_width/public/media/image/2022-08/D74153_005%20Jason%20Steffen.jpeg?itok=0cb2mwsY)
The scientists made Ice-VIIt in the lab by squeezing water at a pressure more than 50,000 that found at sea level.
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The scientists made Ice-VIIt in the lab by squeezing water at a pressure more than 50,000 that found at sea level.
![Jason Steffen's Portrait photo](/sites/default/files/styles/60_width/public/media/image/2022-08/D74153_005%20Jason%20Steffen.jpeg?itok=0cb2mwsY)
A diamond anvil squashed water ice into a never-before-seen transitional form that may exist on other planets.
![Headshot of Ashkan Salamat](/sites/default/files/styles/60_width/public/experts/highres/Salamat_NC.jpg?itok=mDxfYIrQ)
A diamond anvil squashed water ice into a never-before-seen transitional form that may exist on other planets.
![Jason Steffen's Portrait photo](/sites/default/files/styles/60_width/public/media/image/2022-08/D74153_005%20Jason%20Steffen.jpeg?itok=0cb2mwsY)