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Water's response to the fear of water

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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. See Letter p.582

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  1. Huib J. Bakker is in the Department of Molecular Nanophysics, FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098 XG Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,

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Bakker, H. Water's response to the fear of water. Nature 491, 533–535 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/491533a

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