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Water — an enduring mystery

Yet another theory of liquid water structure raises questions about interdisciplinarity, drug design, astrobiology, molecular biology, geochemistry and more.

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Ball, P. Water — an enduring mystery. Nature 452, 291–292 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/452291a

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