Simulations of a well-studied model of water provide strong support for the coexistence of two distinct metastable liquid-water phases, a long-debated possibility that experiments on supercooled water at negative pressures may be able to confirm.
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Angell, C. Two phases?. Nature Mater 13, 673–675 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4022
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