Scientists discover a new phase of high-density, ultra-hot ice Ultrafast X-ray studies reveal the existence of Superionic Ice XIX, which could explain the unusual magnetic fields of icy giant planets ...

Physicists with the U.S. Department of Energy have discovered a new phase of matter—and, with apologies to George R. R. Martin, it's something of "a song of ice and fire." ...

More information: Weiguo Yin et al, Phase Switch Driven by the Hidden Half-Ice, Half-Fire State in a Ferrimagnet, Physical Review Letters (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.133.266701.

The study is published in the journal Physical Review Letters. The half ice, half fire state doesn't like quite as cool (or as hot!) as this. - Image credit: glavbooh/Shutterstock.com© IFL Science ...

Scientists have discovered a new phase of water — adding to liquid, solid and gas — know as "superionic ice." The "strange black" ice, as scientists called it, is normally created at the core ...