New State of Water?

``Scientists are now discovering that the top five-hundredth-inch of the ocean is somewhat like a sheet of jelly. And this odd habitat, thinner than a human hair, is home to an unusual menagerie of microbes. “It’s really a distinct ecosystem of its own,” said Oliver Wurl, of Canada’s Institute of Ocean Sciences.''

``This so-called sea-surface microlayer is important, scientists say, in part because it influences the chemistry of the ocean and the atmosphere. “One of the most significant things that happens on our planet is the transport of gases in and out of the ocean,” said Michael Cunliffe, a marine biologist at the University of Warwick in England. The ocean stores a large fraction of the global-warming gases we produce; at the microlayer, the gases are pulled down.''

From NYT.

Prof. Pollack of the Bioengineering Dept. at the University of Washington, has been studying the properties of water. Mainly the existence of a liquid crystal phase. Dr. Ling, also tries to change cell physiology with the Association Induction Hypothesis.

Colloid Physics is involved, jelly like stuff. In Spanish we call ``cola de pegar'' to an adhesive, or glue.

Curioser, and curioser.