Water’s response to the fear of water

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DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/491533a
Reference H.J. Bakker, Water's response to the fear of water, Nature 491, (7425), 533-535 (2012)
Group Ultrafast Spectroscopy

Spectroscopic analysis reveals that, at low temperatures, hydrophobic molecules dissolved in water strengthen the hydrogen bonding between nearby water molecules. But at high temperatures, the reverse can be true.