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Unfiltered water can already conduct electricity meaning negatively charged electrons can easily flow between its molecules because unfiltered water contains salts, according to a statement about the new study. However, purified water contains only water molecules, whose outermost electrons remain bound to their designated atoms, and thus, they can't flow freely through the water.
Theoretically, if one applied enough pressure to pure water, the water molecules would squish together and their valence shells, the outermost ring of electrons surrounding each atom, would overlap. This would allow the electrons to flow freely between each molecule and would technically turn the water into a metal.

The problem is that, to squash water into this metallic state, one would need 15 million atmospheres of pressure (about 220 million psi), study author Pavel Jungwirth, a physical chemist at the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague, told Nature News & Comment. For this reason, geophysicists suspect that such water-turned-metal might exist in the cores of huge planets like Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus, according to Nature News.
But Jungwirth and his colleagues wondered whether they could turn water into metal through different means, without creating the ridiculous pressures found in Jupiter's core. They decided to use alkali metals, which include elements like sodium and potassium and hold only one electron in their valence shells. Alkali metals tend to "donate" this electron to other atoms when forming chemical bonds, because the "loss" of that lone electron makes the alkali metal more stable.
Alkali metals can explode when exposed to water, and Jungwirth and his colleagues have actually studied these dramatic reactions in the past, according to Cosmos Magazine. But they theorized that, if they could somehow avoid the explosion, they could borrow electrons from alkali metals and use those electrons to turn water metallic.

In their new experiment, described in a report published Wednesday (July 28) in the journal Nature, the team did just that. In the experiment, they placed a syringe filled with sodium and potassium in a vacuum chamber, squeezed out small droplets of the metals, which are liquid at room-temperature, and then exposed said metal droplets to a tiny amount of water vapor. The water formed a 0.000003 inch (0.1 micrometer) film over the surface of the metal droplets, and immediately, electrons from the metals began rushing into the water.
For the experiment to work, the electrons had to move faster than an explosive reaction could take place, Jungwirth told Nature News. And once the electrons zoomed from the alkali metals to the water, an incredible thing happened: For a few short moments, the water turned a shiny, golden yellow color. Using spectroscopy, the team was able to show that the bright yellow water was in fact metallic.
"Our study not only shows that metallic water can indeed be produced on Earth, but also characterizes the spectroscopic properties associated with its beautiful golden metallic luster," study author Robert Seidel, head of the Young Investigator Group at Humboldt University of Berlin, said in the statement. "You can see the phase transition to metallic water with the naked eye," he added.
"It was amazing, like [when] you discover a new element," Jungwirth told Nature

I'm vaxxed, waxxed, and ready to go.

people would respond much better to the police if they stopped overreaching. they produced no warrant and the owner asked them to leave. reckless driving? that man was home. what proof did they have? if they had caught him driving recklessly, they should have pulled him over on the road. now they're on his property talking about alleged traffic infractions, lolololol.

You made it in your head that he would. Evidence suggests he would not, given he grew more and more combative, not less, over time.

You really think a guy screaming at the police from his porch is going to be more cooperative when they come at him with a warrant?

doesn't have the right to shout orders from his porch.

should be the one deciding when the police leave the property or not.

So what you're saying here is that police should always back down when a suspect tells them to back down?

What would you have proposed? Just wait and see what he did after stepping off his porch making threats and challenging the officers?

Apparently the majority of the cases in Queensland (Australian state)'s current outbreak are in kids under 10.

Both in combat and looks wise, Selene.

It's not even close.

The rapid change in her demeanour. Has just made me think about it a bit differently

I assume you mean who's hotter: Selene

The movie was effectively a commercial for its own marketing campaign.

But the animated series that came out was some legitimately good kaiju action. You should give it a shot if you find the opportunity.

https://twitter.com/DavidBegnaud/status/1422369489694363649?s=19

Damn. So it has been effecting kinda this whole time but because they showed no symptoms like coughing people just thought kids were immune or it was harmless to them. Or else there would have been a bigger push to get them vaccinated.

I was told that young were immune to this

It's almost like that was utter bullshit from the very beginning.

New UK study reveals extent of brain complications in children hospitalized with COVID-19

Although the risk of a child being admitted to hospital due to COVID-19 is small, a new UK study has found that around 1 in 20 of children hospitalized with COVID-19 develop brain or nerve complications linked to the viral infection.

New cases of Covid-19 in California rose about 10% over the weekend, a timeframe that often sees undercounts due to diminished testing on Saturdays and Sundays. The 10,356 new cases reported on Friday rose to a three-day daily average of 11,135 on Monday. (The state has stopped reporting daily cases on weekends and now reports a three-day lump sum on Mondays.)

That 10% rise on Monday followed a 39% one-day rise from Thursday to Friday of last week, making for a total 49-plus percent rise in new cases since just Thursday. More reliable measures of infection spread have also risen dramatically.

Providence Saint Johns Health Center in Santa Monica a city where approximately 80% of eligible residents are vaccinated is currently packed with Covid patients, according to a Monday New York Times report.

Numbers presented by L.A. County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer last Tuesday indicate there has been a fivefold increase in new Covid patients under 12 years old. (For perspective those under 12, who are not eligible for vaccination, make up about 15% of the countys population.) While raw case numbers were low relative to county residents ages 12 to 49, data indicating the spread of infections are not.

In the two-week period ending July 18, there were 89 cases per 100,000 people age 0 to 4 and 112 cases per 100,000 age 5 to 11. While there were no pediatric Covid deaths recorded in the county for the period from June 18 to July 18. Ferrers presentation to the board indicated that the hospitalization rate for children age 0 to 4 in Los Angeles County has doubled in a month. See chart below.

The spike in case rates among the very young is precisely what many health experts have feared, as daily vaccinations are still low compared to last winter and the states vaccination rate for all citizens including those not eligible for vaccines remains below 55%. Many kids in the state are due to be back in school shortly, where masks have been mandated.
The news from one East Bay area school district that recently returned to in person learning is not promising. The 11-school Brentwood district confirmed at least 15 positive Covid cases among its students and staff just three days into the new school year. While cases among kids are most often mild, a more rapid spread due to the Delta variant and the possibility of new variants popping up as the virus mutates among new hosts is not a pretty picture for kids or parents, whove already been through a year of pandemic worries, not to mention homeschooling.

Yeah...also the article is talking about what would happen if the vaccine isn't updated to counteract the different variants. It's obviously going to.

I think yearly vaccine shots is going to be a thing, just another thing to take alongside the flu shot.