It is logical to assume that water can not freeze in above boiling point temperatures. If water were to be frozen it would be 32 degrees Fahrenheit or 0 degrees Celcius. But, MIT researchers have discovered a way to freeze water at temperatures above 100 degrees Celcius or 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
In order to freeze water above boiling point temperatures, water has to be in the tiniest places. Tiny meaning in the nanometers or even smaller. In one of the research team's tests, water solidified at 105 degrees Celcius in carbon nanotubes that are not any bigger than a few water molecules.
You might be thinking- What is the point of freezing only a few molecules?
Well, with the carbon nanotubes are thought to be water repellent, or hydrophobic, and so the water molecules would have a difficult time getting inside of the straw-like tubes. But, with a technique called vibrational spectroscopy, researchers were able to detect water movements inside the nanotubes and be able to freeze it. Because researchers can freeze water at such higher temperatures, this solid water won't melt until well above the normal boiling point of water and should remain perfectly unstable under room temperature conditions indefinitely.
This finding may potentially be very useful in the future of nanotechnology. "Ice wires" would be possible to make and would be the best carrier of protons since water conducts protons 10x more than typical conductive materials.
