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Published online 17 August 2001 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news010823-4
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Water turns to jelly under pressure
Syrupy squeezed water could affect proteins and plate tectonics.
Water squeezed between two surfaces turns to jelly, US physicists have found1. This behaviour could affect proteins interacting in cells, sediments aggregating in rivers and rocks moving deep in the earth.
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