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science2 years ago•6 min saved

"Revolutionizing Science with Hydration Solids"

Researchers from Columbia University have identified a new class of matter called "hydration solids," which includes wood, fungi, and bacteria. The team found that the properties of these materials are defined by the water that permeates them, rather than the atoms and molecules they consist of. The new understanding of biological matter can help answer questions that have dogged scientists for years. The team's findings emerged from research into the strange behavior of spores, dormant bacterial cells.

via SciTechDaily|

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Water Molecules Shape Our Surroundings, Say Scientists

A new paper published in Nature argues that the character of many biological materials is actually created by the water that permeates these materials. Water gives rise to a solid and goes on to define the properties of that solid, all the while maintaining its liquid characteristics. The authors group these and other materials into a new class of matter that they call "hydration solids," which they say "acquire their structural rigidity, the defining characteristic of the solid state, from the fluid permeating their pores."

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