A study co-led by ICN2 reveals that ice is a flexoelectric material, meaning it can produce electricity when unevenly deformed. Published in Nature Physics, this discovery could have major technological implications while also shedding light on natural phenomena such as lightning.
  • roofuskit@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 months ago

    Like a quartz crystal. This is a common property of crystals no? Ice is crystalized water.

  • Billegh@lemmy.world
    51·
    6 months ago

    Shit, had we discovered this two decades ago, we might have been able to do something about global warming…