IlyaSimkhovich
i'm not surprised that it's hexagonal. that seems to be a favorite shape in the universe/physics. things love to settle in that form.
marcelifirlej@gmail.com
This only proofs that molecules are quantum fields, as anything is in QFT theory. Any fields properties represents also space dimensions, therefore locally field has own place having frozen time inside dimensions of other fields.
TonyKuchta
It is NOT a new state, the states of water are solid liquid or gas , pretending that a solid crystal form shows how easily fooled people are
JamesPlotts
Old News?:
http://faculty.washington.edu/ghp/research-themes/water-science/
Rocky Stefano
Perhaps understanding the mechanics around this can lead to better cryostasis processes in the future
BillKitsch
I perfected ORNL's [quantum] frost-less heat pump, but they won't listen... (my US Patent 7,895,850)
Now dig: Neutrinos (or their sub-particles) exist both in and outside of Time. That's why these 'spooky actions' appear, well, spooky... They are not.
The instantaneous communications occur outside Time, and are communicated reciprocally at the resolution at which Space-Time interfaces with Infinity.
TedStanwood
They missed one. It can also exist as.... energy. But then.. everything can, which is where everything actually began, and where it will eventually recycle to.
RobertL.Bliven
I don't agree that this is a new form either. It started out as a liquid, and it turns into a solid under great pressure and time. All they really discovered is a new way that water becomes a solid. The fact that it takes a certain shape doesn't offer us new insight into a new form.
There are many different forms, but there is currently no way to prove them in a physical nature.
Nutter
This is solid state of matter - duh... I assume any beginning chemistry student is aware of mineral "hydrates" in which water molecules are incorporated into the crystal structure (many, many hydrates exist in nature ) and it is nothing new. Of course, a crystal, in this sense, does not exist - except as a solid.
From an energy standpoint, a solid has less energy that a liquid or a gas and it is demonstrated by reduction in degrees of freedom of motion (vibrational only).
That the hydrate molecule can form in a manner that seems to defy conventional classical theory - in that it forms despite the presence of sufficient "activation energy" which is the only interesting thing herewith. However, consider:
1) That there is obviously an alternate mechanism that reduces or bypasses the apparent / obvious activation energy is not unique. There are many reactions / changes in chemistry that occur despite insufficient activation energy. Most of these are performed by addition of other substances that act as a catalyst in one of multiple ways - such that they provide an alternate pathway for the reaction to occur (which many be more sophisticated / complicated - but of lesser energy requirement. In bio-chemistry and biology, the organic molecular reactions which often appear to defy conventional activation energy rules occurs routinely (or life would be impossible) through complex catalysts called "enzymes". These are even required for a plant to perform photosynthesis.
I am assuming the author is aware of catalysts, photosynthesis and enzymes. And, hopefully about "statistical methods" in these sciences. If not, perhaps he should be learning before writing.
3) We see this phenomena all the time regarding climate science arguments in which the model makers seem to be incensed that the real world is not conforming their behavior to the models. Then the models are wrong / incomplete... Not that reality is "misbehaving". Duh !!!

2) One must note that this what is typically measured as the sum of the many millions / billions of molecules properties is its' "bulk" properties. But, within that population of molecules exists a range of molecules with both higher than and lower than average energy state (gaussian distribution) with some being above the activation energy threshold. We know of this phenomenon from the branch of physical chemistry and engineering known as "statistical thermodynamics". Of course, if only a very small # of molecules exceed the required activation energy, the reaction will proceed extremely slowly.
Randy Moe
This has many implications and possibilities. We are just starting a long strange trip, which only visionaries saw, and now...