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Home » Neutron Science News & Highlights
An ORNL-led team's observation of certain crystalline ice phases challenges accepted theories about super-cooled water and non-crystalline ice. Their findings, reported in the journal Nature, will also lead to better understanding of ice and its various phases found on other planets, moons and elsewhere in space. Credit: Jill Hemman/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, U.S. Dept. of Energy
Unexpected observation of ice at low temperature, high pressure questions ice, water theory
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  • Jeremy Price is a vacuum systems team leader at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), managing the team who designs and operates vacuum systems for the Spallation Neutron Source’s linear accelerator. Price was an intern at ORNL while studying mechanical engineering and was inspired by his experience at the lab to pursue a career in vacuum systems. He has worked at ORNL for 13 years. (Credit: ORNL/Genevieve Martin)
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