Sandia's Z machine creates ice in nanoseconds

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Daniel Dolan has used Sandias Z machine to compress water into ice at extreme temperatures and pressures. (Photo by Bill Doty)
Daniel Dolan has used Sandia’s Z machine to compress water into ice at extreme temperatures and pressures. (Photo by Bill Doty)

Sandia’s huge Z machine, which generates termperatures hottter than the sun, has turned water to ice in nanoseconds. However, don’t expect anything commercial just yet: the ice is hotter than the boiling point of water.


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