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Water — an enduring mystery

Nature volume 452, pages 291292 (20 March 2008) | Download Citation

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

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  1. Philip Ball is a consultant editor of Nature. His books include H2O: The Biography of Water and The Self-Made Tapestry: Pattern Formation in Nature.

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