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Breaking local symmetry—why water freezes but silica forms a glass

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Everyone knows that water freezes at 0 degrees C. Life on Earth would be vastly different if this were not so. However, water
Everyone knows that water freezes at 0 degrees C. Life on Earth would be vastly different if this were not so. However, water's cousin, silica, exhibits wayward behavior when cooled that has long puzzled scientists.

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