Like a quartz crystal. This is a common property of crystals no? Ice is crystalized water.

And you all thought we were melting the ice caps too quickly before!

Shit, had we discovered this two decades ago, we might have been able to do something about global warming...

This is actually a pretty neat post.

I mean this in the most complimentary way, it's something I was previously unaware of, yet as I read thorough it seemed completely intuitive and obvious that this effect would exist!

I'm a little skeptical about the hype around lighting and material sciences, but I can absolutely understand how this effect can be used in the analysis of atmospheric effects and probably geological effects as well, I imagine!

My late father who was a lifelong meteorologist with the government of canada would be so fascinated to read about this, and my estranged uncle, a professor or Earth Sciences and a palaioclimatologist with 40+ years under his belt.

(Holy fuck the conversations uncle & I had over the years, some while completely hammered... That man would drop the most insane science on you alllllllllll day)

Neat

This is super neat! Since humans have such a close relationship with water, it’s easy to forget how anomalous of a chemical it is.

And sugar cubes glow if you break them.

Maybe it can be turned into a piezo driven acousto optic modulator....a self healing one.

Dos this mean ice is piezoelectric? If not what’s the difference?

So piezo, no?