New kind of ice is so bendy it can curl and uncurl without breaking

When grown in tiny strands, ice can bend and then snap back into its original shape. These microfibres are the most flexible form of ice ever made. Most water ice is extremely rigid and brittle, breaking easily rather than bending. However, a single, long crystal of ice can be far more flexible. Limin Tong at Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China, and his colleagues have used this quality to fabricate the most elastic water ice ever, close to the theoretical limit of how flexible it can be. Read more: #ixzz708G7GNuV