In a recent study appearing in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, University of California, Davis and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) researchers use computational modeling to investigate a hypothesized state of supercooled liquid water. The research provides evidence for two supercooled liquid water states.

In a new study published July 9 in Nature Communications, researchers from the University of California, Davis, and George Washington University use computer simulations to study how molten carbon crystallizes into either graphite or diamond at temperatures and pressures similar to Earth’s interior. The team’s findings challenge conventional understanding of diamond formation and reveal why experimental results studying carbon's phase behavior have been so inconsistent.