Here’s a supercool controversy for ya

Raghu Parthasarathy writes:

You might like this very good article by Ashley Smart on a recent fight about the statistical mechanics of water, and a feud that was made worse by a lack of sharing code

Condensed matter theory! That’s what I worked on, back when I was a physicist. We did an experiment that demonstrated superheating of silicon. It turns out it can get really hot inside and still not liquefy, as long as the wafer is defect-free so that there’s no place for the melting to start.