Water has a newfound ‘critical point’ that may help explain its quirks

An illustration shows a laser beam hitting a glass, causing it to explode. the glass contains closely packed water molecules on the bottom and more sparsely packed molecules on the top

Water has a newfound ‘critical point’ that may help explain its quirks

At cold temperatures, water has two different liquid phases, which become one at the critical point. The discovery could help explain water’s quirks.