Ice takes up more room than liquid water (Image: Alex Cornell)
I AM fascinated by water. We can all agree that a liquid that occupies 70 per cent of Earth’s surface and two-thirds of our body is very important. However, when I tell friends and family that I have dedicated 15 years of my life to studying water, they look at me with pity. Don’t we already know everything about water? Then they suggest that, as a physicist, I should be studying something less common, such as carbon nanotubes.
It is a mistake to underestimate water. The more you look…
