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Weird and wonderful water

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When it comes to water and its unique properties, Bruce Gibb explains that although there is undoubtedly some mystery, there is certainly no magic.

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  1. Bruce C. Gibb is in the Department of Chemistry, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70118, USA,

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Gibb, B. Weird and wonderful water. Nature Chem 8, 733–734 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nchem.2580

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