vitiral
20 hours ago
> under preposterous pressures up to 2.3 million atmospheres, and tremendous temperatures up to 2,630 kelvins (2,357 degrees Celsius, or 4,274 degrees Fahrenheit).
Whew, so not Ice-nine
ChrisMarshallNY
20 hours ago
> Whew, so not Ice-nine
Ice 8.9?
I don't see what the problem i****
For those that don't know, this is Ice Nine: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice-nine
It actually scared me more than Stephen King's stuff, back then.
breakyerself
20 hours ago
There's an AIDs drug that no longer exists because of an isomorph of the drug compound that formed and spread making it so the original compound couldn't be made anymore.
zip77
19 hours ago
Source?
breakyerself
4 hours ago
This is where I learned about it. Veritasium video
molticrystal
19 hours ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ritonavir?useskin=vector#Polym...
When in solid form even the smallest amount can convert the whole batch to the much less effective version.
cwillu
18 hours ago